Water based concetrated product forms of light stabilizers made by a heterophase polymerization technique

ABSTRACT

The instant invention pertains to a concentrated aqueous dispersion of organic light stabilizers with a particle size of less than 1000 nm, prepared by heterophase radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of the light stabilizers, wherein the weight ratio of light stabilizer to polymeric carrier is greater than 50/100. Another aspect of the invention is a process for the preparation of such aqueous dispersions with high light stabilizer content. Aqueous dispersions prepared according to this process are useful ingredients for adhesives, aqueous emulsions of natural or synthetic rubbers, water based inks or a water based coating compositions, which are consequently also subjects of the invention.

The instant invention pertains to a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion with a particle size of less than 1000 nm containing organic light stabilizers, prepared by heterophase radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of the light stabilizers, wherein the weight ratio of light stabilizer to polymeric carrier is greater than 50 parts light stabilizer per 100 parts polymer carrier. Another aspect of the invention is a process for the preparation of such aqueous dispersions with high light stabilizer content. Aqueous dispersions prepared according to this process are useful ingredients for adhesives, aqueous emulsions of natural or synthetic rubbers, water based inks or water based coating compositions, which are consequently also subjects of the invention.

Non-polar light stabilizers like organic UV-absorbers (UVA) or sterically hindered amines (HALS) are well known additives and frequently used to protect coatings from degradation, especially with respect to outdoor weathering. Paints or coatings for demanding applications typically contain up to 5% by weight of organic light stabilizers, based on total binder solids. But unlike in solvent-based coatings, in modern water based coatings, many of the well-established non-polar light stabilizers are difficult to incorporate due to insolubility and/or incompatibility with the aqueous coating or paint formulations. Depending on the type of coating or paint formulation and the type of light stabilizers, it can be impossible to generate a stable uniform mixture. In other cases it may occur that the initial homogeneous formulations show instability upon storage leading to separation of the light stabilizers and/or other components. Therefore, typical undesired phenomena, such as floating, sedimentation, serum formation, gelation, etc may occur. Such phenomena caused by the incompatibility of the light stabilizers are detrimental, for example, for a coatings performance. Accordingly several attempts have been made to overcome the incompatibility problems mentioned above.

Non-polar light stabilizers, such as UV-absorbers, have been chemically modified with polar groups in order to enhance water solubility/compatibility and to provide the light stabilizers molecules with self-emulsifying properties in water. This approach has the disadvantage that the chemical modification is usually complex, rather expensive, and the surfactant-like behavior of polar modified light stabilizers can cause environmental problems as well as a lower performance due to washing out of the light stabilizers under humid conditions and outdoor weathering.

Attempts have also been made to incorporate the light stabilizers already into the binder polymers at the stage of manufacture of the binder polymer, in order to achieve a uniform distribution of the light stabilizers already in the binder raw material. However, this approach is very inflexible, because it requires that the light stabilizers do not interfere with any process stage during the manufacture of the binder polymer. The target amount of light stabilizer is already fixed with the binder polymer and no degree of freedom is left to adjust or enhance the light stabilizer level during or after formulation of the paint. To cover a broader range of coating formulations with different binders and various types and/or amounts of light stabilizers, an extended stock of light stabilizer-modified binder resins would be necessary. This is usually very impractical for a paint producer.

Non-polar light stabilizers can be formulated to concentrated stable aqueous emulsions or dispersion by the use of relatively high amounts of emulsifiers or surfactants, typically with more than 10-20% emulsifier or surfactant relative to active UVA. Such concentrated light stabilizer emulsions or dispersions can be used in different aqueous formulations, but the relative high amount of surfactants can impair water sensitivity or lack of adhesion to the substrate of the final coating.

EP 0 942 037 discloses polymer dispersions containing a polymer phase into which a polymer stabilizer is incorporated. Incorporation of the stabilizer is carried out by swelling the final aqueous polymer dispersion with an organic solvent in which the stabilizer has been dissolved. A polymerization step in presence of the light stabilizer is not involved. The approach is limited to certain light stabilizer/polymer combinations because not every light stabilizer penetrates easily into a more or less swollen polymer.

Recently EP 1 191 041 disclosed aqueous polymer dispersions, which have been prepared by radical miniemulsion polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer in which a dye, UV-absorber or optical brightener is dissolved. The polymerization is carried out in the presence of a non-ionic, surface active compound and an amphiphilic polymer. The amount of dye, UV-absorber or optical brightener ranges from 0.5 to 50% by weight based on the weight of the final polymer matrix. The aqueous dispersions are useful as ingredients for cosmetic applications.

As mentioned above, the polymer dispersions disclosed in EP 1 191 041 provide the desired additive in a concentration of 0.5 to 50% by weight, based on the polymer matrix. In other words the polymer, which does not contribute to the desired effect, is present in a by far higher amount than the additive. Exemplified are less than 20% UV-absorber based on the monomer weight. Although this may be acceptable for cosmetic formulations, the requirements for coatings, inks and plastic applications are different.

For instance the concentration of light stabilizer in the polymer matrix, which serves as a carrier, should be as high as possible in order to add as little as possible of undesired material, which can adversely affect weathering properties, to the coating, ink or plastic composition.

It has now been found that concentrated aqueous polymer dispersions with a particle size of less than 1000 nm can be prepared by heterophase radical polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers in the presence of light stabilizers, wherein the weight ratio between light stabilizer and polymer carrier is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer to 100 parts of the polymer carrier.

One aspect of the invention is a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion with an average particle size of less than 1000 nm comprising

-   -   a) a polymer carrier prepared by heterophase radical         polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer         in the presence of     -   b) a non-polar organic light stabilizer         wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer         to polymer carrier is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer         per 100 parts of polymer carrier.

Optionally a non-ionic, cationic or anionic surfactant, preferably a non-ionic or cationic one may be added.

Preferably more than one ethylenically unsaturated monomer is used. When the polymerization is carried out with two or more monomers, at least one may carry two unsaturated functionalities in order to provide a certain degree of crosslinking. For example the amount of the difunctional monomer may vary from 0.5 to 20% by weight based on the total weight of the monomer mixture.

Preferred is a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer to polymer carrier is equal or greater than 80 parts per 100 parts, more preferred greater 100 parts per 100 parts and most preferred greater 120 parts per 100 parts.

In a specific embodiment of the invention, the weight ratio of light stabilizer to polymer carrier is from 120 parts of the light stabilizer per 100 parts of polymer carrier to 200 parts of the light stabilizer to 100 parts of polymer carrier.

Preferably the average particle size is less than 500 nm, more preferably less than 250 nm.

Droplet (oil/water emulsion) as well as particle (polymer dispersion) size can be measured by using dynamic light scattering (DLS) technique (also known as photon correlation spectroscopy (PSC) or quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS)). For this kind of measurement a NICOMP particle sizer (NICOMP Model 380, Particle Sizing System, Santa Barbara, Calif., USA) with a fixed scattering angle of 90° can be used for example. The measurement leads to the mean diameter D_(INT) (intensity weighted).

The total solids content of the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion is for example more than 20%, for instance more than 30% and preferably more than 40% by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous dispersion. In a particularly preferred embodiment the total solids content is more than 50% by weight based on the total weight of the aqueous dispersion.

For example the non-polar organic light stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyphenyl benzotriazol UV-absorber, a hydroxyphenyl triazine UV-absorber, a hydroxybenzophenone UV-absorber, an oxalic anilide UV-absorber and a sterically hindered amine light stabilizer or mixtures thereof.

In a preferred embodiment the non-polar organic light stabilizer has a water solubility of less than 1% preferably less than 0.1% and most preferably of less than 0.01% by weight at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

The right balance between solubility in water and solubility in the monomer droplets influences strongly the polymerization result. Therefore the polarity of the non-polar organic light stabilizer can also be expressed in terms of log p.

The partition coefficient log p (octanol/water) is a widely used parameter for example in rating the environmental impact of chemical compounds. Its calculation is described by W. M. Meylan, P. H. Howard in J. Pharmaceutical Sciences 84, (1995), 83-92.

In the context of the present invention the non-polar organic light stabilizer has preferably a log p value of more than log p=2.

For example the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of styrene, substituted styrene, conjugated dienes, acrolein, vinyl acetate, vinylpyrrolidone, vinylimidazole, maleic anhydride, (alkyl)acrylic acidanhydrides, (alkyl)acrylic acid salts, (alkyl)acrylic esters, (alkyl)acrylonitriles, (alkyl)acrylamides, vinyl halides or vinylidene halides.

For instance the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is a compound of formula CH₂═C(R_(a))—(C=Z)-R_(b), wherein Z is O or S; R_(a) is hydrogen or C₁-C₄alkyl, R_(b) is NH₂, O⁻(Me⁺), glycidyl, unsubstituted C₁-C₁₈alkoxy, C₂-C₁₀₀alkoxy interrupted by at least one N and/or O atom, or hydroxy-substituted C₁-C₁₈alkoxy, unsubstituted C₁-C₁₈alkylamino, di(C₁-C₁₈alkyl)amino, hydroxy-substituted C₁-C₁₈alkylamino or hydroxy-substituted di(C₁-C₁₈alkyl)amino, —O—CH₂—CH₂—N(CH₃)₂ or —O—CH₂—CH₂N⁺H(CH₃)₂ An⁻;

An⁻ is a anion of a monovalent organic or inorganic acid;

Me is a monovalent metal atom or the ammonium ion.

Examples for specific ethylenically unsaturated monomers are styrene, isobutylmethacrylate, cyclohexylmethacrylate, hydroxyethylmethacrylate, methylmethacrylate, benzylmethacrylate, vinyl toluene, n-butylacrylate, tert-butylacrylate, methylacrylate, ethylacrylate, propylacrylate, hexylacrylate or hydroxyethylacrylate.

A particular suitable monomer mixture is a mixture of hydroxyethylmethacrylate, methylmethacrylate, cyclohexylmethacrylate, vinyl toluene, methylmethacrylate, isobutylmethacrylate.

Examples of acids from which the anion An⁻ is derived are C₁-C₁₂carboxylic acids, organic sulfonic acids such as CF₃SO₃H or CH₃SO₃H, mineralic acids such as HCl, HBr or Hl, oxo acids such as HClO₄ or complex acids such as HPF₆ or HBF₄.

Examples for R_(a) as C₂-C₁₀₀alkoxy interrupted by at least one O atom are of formula

wherein R_(c) is C₁-C₂₅alkyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by C₁-C₁₈alkyl, R_(d) is hydrogen or methyl and v is a number from 1 to 50. These monomers are for example derived from non ionic surfactants by acrylation of the corresponding alkoxylated alcohols or phenols. The repeating units may be derived from ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or mixtures of both.

Further examples of suitable acrylate or methacrylate monomers are given below.

An⁻, wherein An⁻ and R_(a) have the meaning as defined above and R_(e) is methyl or benzyl. An⁻ is preferably Cl⁻, Br⁻ or ⁻O₃S—CH₃.

Further acrylate monomers are

Examples for suitable monomers other than acrylates are

Preferably R_(a) is hydrogen or methyl, R_(b) is NH₂, gycidyl, unsubstituted or with hydroxy substituted C₁-C₄alkoxy, unsubstituted C₁-C₄alkylamino, di(C₁-C₄alkyl)amino, hydroxy-substituted C₁-C₄alkylamino or hydroxy-substituted di(C₁-C₄alkyl)amino; and

Z is oxygen.

Acrylic acid esters and methacrylic acid esters are typically C₁-C₁₈alkyl esters.

Preferred is a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of C₁-C₁₈acrylates, C₁-C₁₈methacrylates, acrylic acid, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, vinyltoluene, hydroxy-functional acrylates or (meth)acrylates, acrylates or (meth)acrylates derived from alkoxylated alcohols and multifunctional acrylates or (meth)acrylates or mixtures thereof.

Particularly useful methacrylates are iso-butylmethacrylate, cyclohexylmethacrylate.

In a specific embodiment the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion is prepared from a mixture of at least two of the above monomers and at least one monomer which is bifunctional, so that a crosslinked polymer is obtained. The amount of bifunctional monomer is for example from 0.5 to 20 weight-%, based on the weight of the sum of monomers.

Typical examples for bifunctional monomers are divinyl-benzene, ethylenglycol diacrylate, butylenglycol diacrylate or diethyleneglycol diacrylate.

The monomers or monomer mixtures have preferably a low water solubility, which is below 5%, more preferred below 0.5% and most preferred below 0.1% by weight.

Preferably in the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion the hydroxybenzophenone is of formula I

the 2-hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole is of formula IIa, IIb or IIc

the 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine is of formula III

and the oxanilide is of formula (IV)

in the compounds of the formula (I) v is an integer from 1 to 3 and w is 1 or 2 and the substituents Z independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl or alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; in the compounds of the formula (IIa), R₁ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, cycloalkyl having 5 to 8 carbon atoms or a radical of the formula

R₄ and R₅ independently of one another are alkyl having in each case 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or R₄, together with the radical C_(n)H_(2n+1−m), forms a cycloalkyl radical having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, n is an integer from 2 to 20 and M is a radical of the formula —COOR₆ in which R₆ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having in each case 1 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and in the alkoxy moiety or phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, R₂ is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and R₃ is hydrogen, chlorine, alkyl or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms or —COOR₆ in which R₆ is as defined above, at least one of the radicals R₁ and R₂ being other than hydrogen; in the compounds of the formula (IIb) T is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, T₁ is hydrogen, chlorine or alkyl or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n is 1 or 2 and, if n is 1, T₂ is chlorine or a radical of the formula —OT₃ or

if n is 2, T₂ is a radical of the formula

in which T₃ is hydrogen, alkyl which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 hydroxyl groups or by —OCOT₆, alkyl which has 3 to 18 carbon atoms, is interrupted once or several times by —O— or —NT₆- and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or —OCOT₆, cycloalkyl which has 5 to 12 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl and/or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl which has 2 to 18 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, or a radical of the formula —CH₂CH(OH)-T₇ or

T₄ and T₅ independently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkyl which has 3 to 18 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O— or —NT₆-, cycloalkyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety or hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, T₆ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, T₇ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, or —CH₂OT₈, T₈ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, T₉ is alkylene having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, alkenylene having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, alkynylene having 4 carbon atoms, cyclohexylene, alkylene which has 2 to 8 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O—, or a radical of the formula —CH₂CH(OH)CH₂OT₁₁OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂— or —CH₂—C(CH₂OH)₂—CH₂—, T₁₀ is alkylene which has 2 to 20 carbon atoms and can be interrupted once or several times by —O—, or cyclohexylene, T₁₁ is alkylene having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, alkylene which has 2 to 18 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O—, 1,3-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-phenylene or 1,4-phenylene, or T₁₀ and T₆, together with the two nitrogen atoms, are a piperazine ring; in the compounds of formula (IIc) R′₂ is C₁-C₁₂alkyl and k is a number from 1 to 4; in the compounds of the formula (III) u is 1 or 2 and r is an integer from 1 to 3, the substituents Y₁ independently of one another are hydrogen, hydroxyl, phenyl or halogen, halogenomethyl, alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 18 carbon atoms which is substituted by a group —COO(C₁-C₁₈alkyl); if u is 1, Y₂ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; alkyl which has 1 to 12 carbon atoms and is substituted by —COOH, —COOY₈, —CONH₂, —CONHY₉, —CONY₉Y₁₀, —NH₂, —NHY₉, —NY₉Y₁₀, —NHCOY₁₁, —CN and/or —OCOY₁₁; alkyl which has 4 to 20 carbon atoms, is interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, glycidyl, cyclohexyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or —OCOY₁₁, phenylalkyl which has 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, chlorine and/or methyl, —COY₁₂ or —SO₂Y₁₃, or, if u is 2, Y₂ is alkylene having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, alkenylene having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, xylylene, alkylene which has 3 to 20 carbon atoms, is interrupted by one or more —O— atoms and/or is substituted by hydroxyl, —CH₂CH(OH)CH₂—O—Y₁₅—OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂, —CO—Y₁₆—CO—, —CO—NH—Y₁₇—NH—CO— or —(CH₂)_(m)—CO₂—Y₁₈—OCO—(CH₂)_(m), in which m is 1, 2 or 3, Y₈ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, alkyl which has 3 to 20 carbon atoms, is interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or —NT₆- and/or is substituted by hydroxyl, alkyl which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is substituted by —P(O)(OY₁₄)₂, —NY₉Y₁₀ or —OCOY₁₁ and/or hydroxyl, alkenyl having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, glycidyl, or phenylalkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, Y₉ and Y₁₀ independently of one another are alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, dialkylaminoalkyl having 4 to 16 carbon atoms or cyclohexyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, or Y₉ and Y₁₀ together are alkylene, oxaalkylene or azaalkylene having in each case 3 to 9 carbon atoms, Y₁₁ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or phenyl, Y₁₂ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, phenoxy, alkylamino having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or phenylamino, Y₁₃ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl or alkylphenyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, Y₁₄ is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or phenyl, Y₁₅ is alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, phenylene or a group -phenylene-M-phenylene- in which M is —O—, —S—, —SO₂—, —CH₂— or —C(CH₃)₂—, Y₁₆ is alkylene, oxaalkylene or thiaalkylene having in each case 2 to 10 carbon atoms, phenylene or alkenylene having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, Y₁₇ is alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, phenylene or alkylphenylene having 1 to 11 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and Y₁₈ is alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or alkylene which has 4 to 20 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by oxygen; in the compounds of the formula (IV) x is an integer from 1 to 3 and the substituents L independently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio having in each case 1 to 22 carbon atoms, phenoxy or phenylthio.

C₁-C₁₈alkyl may be linear or branched. Examples of alkyl having up to 18 carbon atoms are methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, 2-ethylbutyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, 1-methylpentyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl, n-hexyl, 1-methylhexyl, n-heptyl, isoheptyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl, 1-methylheptyl, 3-methylheptyl, n-octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 1,1,3-trimethylhexyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylpentyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, 1-methylundecyl, dodecyl, 1,1,3,3,5,5-hexamethylhexyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl and octadecyl.

In the compounds of the formula (IIa) R₁ can be hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, hexyl, octyl, nonyl, dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl, nonadecyl and eicosyl and also corresponding branched isomers. Furthermore, in addition to phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, for example benzyl, R₁ can also be cycloalkyl having 5 to 8 carbon atoms, for example cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and cyclooctyl, or a radical of the formula

in which R₄ and R₅ independently of one another are alkyl having in each case 1 to 5 carbon atoms, in particular methyl, or R₄, together with the C_(n)H_(2n+1−m) radical, forms a cycloalkyl radical having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, for example cyclohexyl, cyclooctyl and cyclodecyl. M is a radical of the formula —COOR₆ in which R₆ is not only hydrogen but also alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or alkoxyalkyl having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in each of the alkyl and alkoxy moieties. Suitable alkyl radicals R₆ are those enumerated for R. Examples of suitable alkoxyalkyl groups are —C₂H₄OC₂H₅, —C₂H₄OC₈H₁₇ and —C₄H₈OC₄H₉. As phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R₆ is, for example, benzyl, cumyl, α-methylbenzyl or phenylbutyl.

In addition to hydrogen and halogen, for example chlorine and bromine, R₂ can also be alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. Examples of such alkyl radicals are indicated in the definitions of R₁. R₂ can also be phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, for example benzyl, a-methylbenzyl and cumyl.

Halogen as a substituent means in all cases fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, preferably chlorine or bromine and more preferably chlorine.

At least one of the radicals R₁ and R₂ must be other than hydrogen.

In addition to hydrogen or chlorine, R₃ is also alkyl or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms, for example methyl, butyl, methoxy and ethoxy, and also —COOR₈.

In the compounds of the formula (IIb) T is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, such as methyl and butyl, T₁ is not only hydrogen or chlorine, but also alkyl or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms, for example methyl, methoxy and butoxy, and, if n is 1, T₂ is chlorine or a radical of the formula —OT₃ or —NT₄T₅. T₃ is here hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms (cf. the definition of R₁). These alkyl radicals can be substituted by 1 to 3 hydroxyl groups or by a radical —OCOT₆. Furthermore, T₃ can be alkyl having 3 to 18 carbon atoms (cf. the definition of R₁) which is interrupted once or several times by —O— or —NT₆- and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or —OCOT₆. Examples of T₃ as cycloalkyl are cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl or cyclooctyl. T₃ can also be alkenyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms.

Suitable alkenyl radicals are derived from the alkyl radicals enumerated in the definitions of R₁. These alkenyl radicals can be substituted by hydroxyl. Examples of T₃ as phenylalkyl are benzyl, phenylethyl, cumyl, α-methylbenzyl or benzyl. T₃ can also be a radical of the formula

Like T₃, T₄ and T₅ can, independently of one another, be not only hydrogen but also alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or alkyl which has 3 to 18 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O— or —NT₆-. T₄ and T₅ can also be cycloalkyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, for example cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and cyclooctyl. Examples of T₄ and T₅ as alkenyl groups can be found in the illustrations of T₃. Examples of T₄ and T₅ as phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety are benzyl or phenylbutyl. Finally, these substituents can also be hydroxyalkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms.

If n is 2, T₂ is a divalent radical of the formula

In addition to hydrogen, T₆ (see above also) is alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl or phenylalkyl; examples of such radicals have already been given above.

In addition to hydrogen and the phenylalkyl radicals and long-chain alkyl radicals mentioned above, T₇ can be phenyl or hydroxyphenyl and also —CH₂OT₈ in which T₈ can be one of the alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or phenylalkyl radicals enumerated.

The divalent radical T₉ can be alkylene having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and such radicals can also be branched. This also applies to the alkenylene and alkynylene radicals T₉. As well as cyclohexylene, T₉ can also be a radical of the formula —CH₂CH(OH)CH₂OT₁₁OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂— or —CH₂—C(CH₂OH)₂—CH₂—.

T₁₀ is a divalent radical and, in addition to cyclohexylene, is also alkylene which has 2 to 20 carbon atoms and which can be interrupted once or several times by —O—. Suitable alkylene radicals are derived from the alkyl radicals mentioned in the definitions of R₁.

T₁₁ is also an alkylene radical. It contains 2 to 8 carbon atoms or, if it is interrupted once or several times by —O—, 4 to 10 carbon atoms. T₁₁ is also 1,3-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-phenylene or 1,4-phenylene.

Together with the two nitrogen atoms, T₆ and T₁₀ can also be a piperazine ring.

Examples of alkyl, alkoxy, phenylalkyl, alkylene, alkenylene, alkoxyalkyl and cycloalkyl radicals and also alkylthio, oxaalkylene or azoalkylene radicals in the compounds of the formulae (I), (IIa), (IIb), (IIc), (III) and (IV) can be deduced from the above statements.

Within the benzotriazole UV-absorbers those according to formula IIa are in general preferred.

The UV absorbers of the formulae (I), (IIa), (IIb), (IIc), (III) and (IV) are known per se and are described, together with their preparation in, for example, WO 96/28431, EP-A-323 408, EP-A-57 160, U.S. Pat. No. 5,736,597 (EP-A-434 608), U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,956, DE-A 31 35 810 and GB-A 1 336 391. Preferred meanings of substituents and individual compounds can be deduced from the documents mentioned.

In another embodiment the UV-absorbers of the class of hydroxyphenyl triazines are of formula (IIIa)

in which n is 1 or 2; R₃₀₁, R′₃₀₁, R₃₀₂ and R′₃₀₂, independently of one another, are H, OH, C₁-C₁₂alkyl; C₂-C₈alkenyl; C₁-C₁₂alkoxy; C₂-C₁₈alkenoxy; halogen; trifluoromethyl; C₇-C₁₁phenylalkyl; phenyl; phenyl which is substituted by C₁-C₁₈alkyl, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy or halogen; phenoxy; or phenoxy which is substituted by C₁-C₁₈alkyl, C₁-C₈alkoxy or halogen; R₃₀₁ and R₃₀₄, independently of one another, are H, C₁-C₁₂alkyl; OR′₃₀₇; C₂-C₆alkenyl; C₂-C₁₈alkenoxy; halogen; trifluoromethyl; C₇-C₁₁phenylalkyl; phenyl; phenyl which is substituted by C₁-C₁₈alkyl, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy or halogen; phenoxy; or phenoxy which is substituted by C₁-C₁₈alkyl, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy or halogen; R₃₀₈ is hydrogen, C₁-C₂₄alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl or C₇-C₁₅phenylalkyl; R₃₀₇, in the case where n=1, and R′₃₀₇, independently of one another, are hydrogen or C₁-C₁₈alkyl; or are C₁-C₁₂alkyl which is substituted by OH, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy, allyloxy, halogen, —COOH, —COOR₃₀₈, —CONH₂, —CONHR₃₀₉, —CON(R₃₀₉)(R₃₁₀), —NH₂, —NHR₃₀₉, —N(R₃₀₉)(R₃₁₀), —NHCOR₃₁₁, —CN, —OCOR₃₁₁, phenoxy and/or phenoxy which is substituted by C₁-C₁₈alkyl, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy or halogen; or R₃₀₇ is C₃-C₅₀alkyl which is interrupted by —O— and may be substituted by OH; or R₇ is C₃-C₆alkenyl; glycidyl; C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl which is substituted by OH, C₁-C₄alkyl or —OCOR₃₁₁; C₇-C₁₁phenylalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by OH, C₁ or CH₃; —CO—R₃₁₂ or —SO₂—R₃₁₃; R₃₀₇, in the case where n=2, is C₂-C₁₆alkylene, C₄-C₁₂alkenylene, xylylene, C₃-C₂₀alkylene which is interrupted by O and/or substituted by OH, or is a group of the formula —CH₂CH(OH)CH₂O—R₃₂₀—OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂—, —CO—R₃₂₁—CO—, —CO—NH—R₃₂₂—NH—CO— or —(CH₂)_(m)—COO—R₃₂₃—OOC—(CH₂)_(m)— in which m is a number in the range from 1 to 3, or is

R₃₀₈ is C₁-C₁₈alkyl; C₂-C₁₈alkenyl; hydroxyethyl; C₃-C₅alkyl which is interrupted by O, NH, NR₃₀₉ or S and/or is substituted by OH; C₁-C₄alkyl which is substituted by —P(O)(OR₃₁₄)₂, —N(R₃₀₉)(R₃₁₀) or —OCOR₃₁₁ and/or OH; glycidyl; C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl; phenyl; C₇-C₁₄alkylphenyl or C₇-C₁₁phenylalkyl; R₃₀₉ and R₃₁₀, independently of one another, are C₁-C₁₂alkyl; C₃-C₁₂alkoxyalkyl; C₄-C₁₆dialkylaminoalkyl or C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, or R₃₀₉ and R₃₁₀ together are C₃-C₉alkylene or -oxaalkylene or -azaalkylene; R₃₁₁ is C₁-C₁₈alkyl; C₂-C₁₈alkenyl or phenyl; C₂-C₁₂hydroxyalkyl; cyclohexyl; or is C₃-C₅₀alkyl which is interrupted by —O— and may be substituted by OH; R₃₁₂ is C₁-C₁₈alkyl; C₂-C₁₈alkenyl; phenyl; C₁-C₁₈alkoxy; C₃-C₁₈alkenyloxy; C₃-C₅₀alkoxy which is interrupted by O, NH, NR₃₀₉ or S and/or substituted by OH; cyclohexyloxy; C₇-C₁₄alkylphenoxy; C₇-C₁₁phenylalkoxy; phenoxy; C₁-C₁₂alkylamino; phenylamino; tolylamino or naphthylamino; R₃₁₃ is C₁-C₁₂alkyl; phenyl; naphthyl or C₇-C₁₄alkylphenyl; R₃₁₄ is C₁-C₁₂alkyl, methylphenyl or phenyl; R₃₂₀ is C₂-C₁₀alkylene; C₄-C₅₀alkylene which is interrupted by O, phenylene or a -phenylene-X-phenylene- group, in which X is —O—, —S—, —SO 27-CH₂— or —C(CH₃)₂—; R₃₂₁ is C₂-C₁₀alkylene, C₂-C₁₀oxaalkylene, C₂-C₁₀thiaalkylene, C₆-C₁₂arylene or C₂-C₆alkenylene; R₃₂₂ is C₂-C₁₀alkylene, phenylene, tolylene, diphenylenemethane or a

group; and R₃₂₃ is C₂-C₁₀alkylene or C₄-C₂₀alkylene which is interrupted by O.

Halogen is in all cases fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.

Examples of alkyl are methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, 2-ethylbutyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, 1-methylpentyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl, n-hexyl, 1-methylhexyl, n-heptyl, isoheptyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl, 1-methylheptyl, 3-methylheptyl, n-octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 1,1,3-trimethylhexyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylpentyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, 1-methylundecyl, dodecyl.

Examples of alkoxy having up to 12 carbon atoms are methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, isobutoxy, pentoxy, isopentoxy, hexoxy, heptoxy, octoxy, decyloxy, dodecyloxy.

Examples of alkenoxy are propenyloxy, butenyloxy, pentenyloxy and hexenyloxy.

Examples of C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl are cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl and cyclododecyl. C₅-C₈Cycloalkyl, especially cyclohexyl, is preferred.

C₁-C₄Alkyl-substituted C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl is for example methylcyclohexyl or dimethylcyclohexyl.

OH— and/or C₁-C₁₀alkyl-substituted phenyl is for example methylphenyl, dimethylphenyl, trimethylphenyl, tert-butylphenyl or 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl.

Alkoxy-substituted phenyl is for example methoxyphenyl dimethoxyphenyl or trimethoxyphenyl.

Examples of C₇-C₉phenylalkyl are benzyl and phenylethyl.

C₇-C₉Phenylalkyl which is substituted on the phenyl radical by —OH and/or by alkyl having up to 10 carbon atoms is for example methylbenzyl, dimethylbenzyl, trimethylbenzyl, tert-butylbenzyl or 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl.

Examples of alkenyl are allyl, 2-methallyl, butenyl, pentenyl and hexenyl. Allyl is preferred. The carbon atom in position 1 is preferably saturated.

Examples of alkylene are methylene, ethylene, propylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene, pentamethylene, 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene, hexamethylene, trimethylhexamethylene, octamethylene and decamethylene.

Examples of alkenylene are butenylene, pentenylene and hexenylene.

C₆-C₁₂ arylene is preferably phenylene.

Alkyl interrupted by O is for example —CH₂—CH₂—O—CH₂CH₃, —CH₂—CH₂—O—CH₃— or —CH₂CH₂—O—CH₂—CH₂—CH₂—O—CH₂—CH₃—. It is preferably derived from polyethlene glycol. A general description is —((CH₂)_(a)—O)_(b)—H/CH₃, wherein a is a number from 1 to 6 and b is a number from 2 to 10.

C₂-C₁₀ oxaalkylene and C₂-C₁₀thiaalkylene can be deduced from the above mentioned alkylene groups by substituting one or more carbon atoms by an oxygen atom or a sulphur atom.

Specific examples of 2-hydroxybenzophenones are for example the 4-hydroxy, 4-methoxy, 4-octyloxy, 4-decyloxy; 4-dodecyloxy, 4-benzyloxy and 2′-hydroxy-4,4′-dimethoxy derivatives.

Specific examples of 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazoles are for example 2-(2′-hydroxy-5′-methylphenylybenzotriazole, 2-(3′,5′-di-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(5′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(2′-hydroxy-5′-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′,5′-di-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxyphenyl)-5-chloro-benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-methylphenyl)-5-chloro-benzotriazole, 2-(3′-sec-butyl-5′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(2′-hydroxy-4′-octyloxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′,5′-di-tert-amyl-2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′,5′-bis-(axa-dimethylbenzyl)-2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-(2-octyloxycarbonylethyl)phenyl)-5-chloro-benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-5′-[2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)-carbonylethyl]-2′-hydroxyphenyl)-5-chloro-benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)phenyl)-5-chloro-benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)phenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-(2-octyloxycarbonylethyl)phenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-5′-[2-(2-ethylhexyloxy)car -2′-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′-dodecyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-methylphenyl)benzotriazole, 2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-(2-isooctyloxycarbonylethyl)phenylbenzotriazole, 2,2′-methylene-bis[4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-6-benzotriazole-2-ylphenol]; the transesterification product of 2-[3′-tert-butyl-5′-(2-methoxycarbonylethyl)-2′-hydroxyphenyl]-2H-benzotriazole with polyethylene glycol 300; [R—CH₂CH—COO—CH₂CH₂

₂ where R=3′-tert-butyl-4′-hydroxy-5′-2H-benzotriazol-2-ylphenyl, 2-[2′-hydroxy-3′-(α,α-dimethylbenzyl)-5′-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-phenyl]benzotriazole; 2-[2′-hydroxy-3′-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-5′-(α,αdimethylbenzyl)-phenyl]benzotriazole.

Specific examples of 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazines are for example 2,4,6-tris(2-hydroxy-4-octyloxyphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxy-4-octyloxyphenyl)-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2,4-bis(2-hydroxy propyloxyphenyl)-6-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxy-4-octyloxyphenyl)-4,6-bis(4-methylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxy-4-dodecyloxyphenyl)-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxy-4-tridecyloxyphenyl)-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-[2-hydroxy-4-(2-hydroxy-3-butyloxy-propoxy)phenyl]-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-[2-hydroxy-4-(2-hydroxy-3-octyloxy-propyloxy)phenyl]-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-[4-(dodecyloxy/tridecyloxy-2-hydroxypropoxy)-2-hydroxyphenyl]-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-[2-hydroxy-4-(2-hydroxy-4-dodecyloxypropoxy)phenyl]-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxy-4-hexyloxy)phenyl-4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-4,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-triazine, 2,4,6-tris[2-hydroxy-4-(3-butoxy-2-hydroxy-propoxy)phenyl]-1,3,5-triazine, 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4,6-phenyl-1,3,5-triazine, 2-{2-hydroxy-4-[3-(2-ethylhexyl-1-oxy)-2-hydroxy-propyloxy]phenyl}-4,6-bis(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,3,5-triazine and 2-(2-hydroxy-4-(2-ethylhexyl)oxy)phenyl-4,6-di(4-phenyl)phenyl-1,3,5-triazine.

For instance the hydroxyphenyl-triazine UV-absorbers are of formulae:

The hydroxyphenyl triazine UV-absorbers are known and partially items of commerce. They can be prepared according to the above documents.

Specific examples for oxamides are for example 4,4′-dioctyloxyoxanilide, 2,2′-diethoxyoxanilide, 2,2′-dioctyloxy-5,5′-di-tert-butoxanilide, 2,2′-didodecyloxy-5,5′-di-tert-butoxanilide, 2-ethoxy-2′-ethyloxanilide, N,N′-bis(3-dimethylaminopropyl)oxamide, 2-ethoxy-5-tert-butyl-2′-ethoxanilide and its mixture with 2-ethoxy-2′-ethyl-5,4′-di-tert-butoxanilide, mixtures of o- and p-methoxy-disubstituted oxanilides and mixtures of o- and p-ethoxy-disubstituted oxanilides.

The above mentioned UV-absorbers are largely items of commerce and for example known as Tinuvin® 109, 171, 326, 327, 328, 350, 360, 384, 400, 405, 411 or Chimassorb® 81 from Ciba Specialty Chemicals or Cyasorb® 1164 from Cytech Inc.

In many cases it may be of advantage to use a combination of UV-absorbers from different classes, such as for example a benzophenone UV-absorber with a benzotriazole UV-absorber or a hydroxyphenyltriazine UV-absorber with a benzotriazole UV-absorber. If such a combination is used, the weight ratio between both UV-absorbers is for example from 1:5 to 5:1, for instanc from 1:3 to 3:1, particularly 1:1.5 to 1.5:1.

The sterically hindered amine contains at least one radical of the formula

in which R is hydrogen or methyl.

The sterically hindered amine light stabilizer useful in the instant invention is preferably a compound of formulae (A-1) to (A-10) or of formulae (B-1) to (B-10); (α-1) a compound of the formula (A-1)

in which E₁ is hydrogen, C₁-C₈alkyl, O., —OH, —CH₂CN, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkoxy, C₃-C₆alkenyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl by 1, 2 or 3 C₁-C₄alkyl; or C₁-C₈acyl, m₁ is 1, 2 or 4, if m₁ is 1, E₂ is C₁-C₂₅alkyl, if m₁ is 2, E₂ is C₁-C₁₄alkylene or a group of the formula (a-I)

wherein E₃ is C₁-C₁₀alkyl or C₂₋₁₀alkenyl, E₄ is C₁-C₁₀alkylene, and E₅ and E₆ independently of one another are C₁-C₄alkyl, cyclohexyl or methylcyclohexyl, and if m₁ is 4, E₂ is C₄-C₁₀alkanetetrayl; (α-2) a compound of the formula (A-2)

in which two of the radicals E₇ are —COO—(C₁-C₂₀alkyl), and two of the radicals E₇ are a group of the formula (a-II)

with E₈ having one of the meanings of E₁; (α-3) a compound of the formula (A-3)

in which E₉ and E₁₀ together form C₂-C₁₄alkylene, E₁₁ is hydrogen or a group -Z₁-COO-Z₂, Z₁ is C₂-C₁₄alkylene, and Z₂ is C₁-C₂₄alkyl, and E₁₂ has one of the meanings of E₁; (α-4) a compound of the formula (A-4)

wherein the radicals E₁₃ independently of one another have one of the meanings of E₁, the radicals E₁₄ independently of one another are hydrogen or C₁-C₁₂alkyl, and E₁₅ is C₁-C₁₀alkylene or C₃-C₁₀alkylidene; (α-5) a compound of the formula (A-5)

wherein the radicals E₁₆ independently of one another have one of the meanings of E₁; (α-6) a compound of the formula (A-6)

in which E₁₇ is C₁-C₂₄alkyl, and E₁₈ has one of the meanings of E₁; (α-7) a compound of the formula (A-7)

in which E₁₉, E₂₀ and E₂₁ independently of one another are a group of the formula (a-III)

wherein E₂₂ has one of the meanings of E₁; (α-8) a compound of the formula (A-8)

wherein the radicals E₂₃ independently of one another have one of the meanings of E₁, and E₂₄ is hydrogen, C₁-C₁₂alkyl or C₁-C₁₂alkoxy; (α-9) a compound of the formula (A-9)

wherein m₂ is 1, 2 or 3, E₂₅ has one of the meanings of E₁, and when m₂ is 1, E₂₆ is a group

when m₂ is 2, E₂₆ is C₂-C₂₂alkylene, and when m₂ is 3, E₂₈ is a group of the formula (a-IV)

wherein the radicals E₂₇ independently of one another are C₂-C₁₂alkylene, and the radicals E₂₈ independently of one another are C₁-C₁₂alkyl or C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl; (α-10) a compound of the formula (A-10)

wherein the radicals E₂₉ independently of one another have one of the meanings of E₁, and E₃₀ is C₂-C₂₂alkylene, C₅-C₇cycloalkylene, C₁-C₄alkylenedi(C₅-C₇cycloalkylene), phenylene or phenylenedi(C₁-C₄alkylene); (β-1) a compound of the formula (B-1)

in which R₂₀₁, R₂₀₃, R₂₀₄ and R₂₀₅ independently of one another are hydrogen, C₁-C₁₂alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄-alkyl-substituted C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by —OH and/or C₁-C₁₀alkyl; C₇-C₉phenylalkyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl which is substituted on the phenyl radical by —OH and/or C₁-C₁₀alkyl; or a group of the formula (b-I)

R₂₀₂ is C₂-C₁₈alkylene, C₅-C₇cycloalkylene or C₁-C₄alkylenedi(B₅—C₇cycloalkylene), or the radicals R₂₀₁, R₂₀₂ and R₂₀₃, together with the nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, perform a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic ring, or R₂₀₄ and R₂₀₅, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, form a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic ring, R₂₀₆ is hydrogen, C₁-C₈alkyl, O., —OH, —CH₂CN, C₁-C₁₈alkoxy, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkoxy, C₃-C₆alkenyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl unsubstituted or substituted on the phenyl by 1, 2 or 3 C₁-C₄alkyl; or C₁-C₈acyl, and b₁ is a number from 2 to 50, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R₂₀₁, R₂₀₃, R₂₀₄ and R₂₀₅ is a group of the formula (b-I); (β-2) a compound of the formula (B-2)

wherein R₂₀₇ and R₂₁₁ independently of one another are hydrogen or C₁-C₁₂alkyl, R₂₀₈, R₂₀₉ and R₂₁₀ independently of one another are C₂-C₁₀alkylene, and X₁, X₂, X₃, X₄, X₅, X₆, X₇ and X₈ independently of one another are a group of the formula (b-II),

in which R₂₁₂ is hydrogen, C₁-C₁₂alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄alkyl-substituted C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, phenyl, —OH— and/or C₁-C₁₀alkyl-substituted phenyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl which is substituted on the phenyl radical by —OH and/or C₁-C₁₀alkyl; or a group of the formula (b-I) as defined above, and R₂₁₃ has one of the meanings of R₂₀₈; (β-3) a compound of the formula (B-3)

in which R₂₁₄ is C₁-C₁₀alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄alkyl-substituted C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, phenyl or C₁-C₁₀alkyl-substituted phenyl, R₂₁₅ is C₃-C₁₀alkylene, R₂₁₆ has one of the meanings of R₂₀₆, and b₂ is a number from 2 to 50; (β1-4) a compound of the formula (B-4)

in which R₂₁₇ and R₂₂₁ independently of one another are a direct bond or a —N(X₉)—CO—X₁₀—CO—N(X₁₁)— group, where X₉ and X₁₁, independently of one another are hydrogen, C₁-C₈alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, phenyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl or a group of the formula (b-I), X₁₀ is a direct bond or C₁-C₄alkylene, R₂₁₈ has one of the meanings of R₂₀₆, R₂₁₉, R₂₀₂, R₂₂₃ and R₂₂₄ independently of one another are hydrogen, C₁-C₃₀alkyl, C₆-C₁₂cycloalkyl or phenyl, R₂₂₂ is hydrogen, C₁-C₃₀alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, phenyl, C₇-C₉phenylalkyl or a group of the formula (b-I), and b₃ is a number from 1 to 50; (β-5) a compound of the formula (B-5)

R₂₂₅, R₂₂₆, R₂₂₇, R₂₂₈ and R₂₂₉ independently of one another are a direct bond or C₁-C₁₀alkylene, R₂₃₀ has one of the meanings of R₂₀₈, and b₄ is a number from 1 to 50; (β-6) a product (B-6) obtainable by reacting a product, obtained by reaction of a polyamine of the formula (B-6-1) with cyanuric chloride, with a compound of the formula (B-6-2)

in which b′₅, b″₅ and b′″₅ independently of one another are a number from 2 to 12, R₂₃₁ is hydrogen, C₁-C₁₂alkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl, phenyl or C₇-C₉phenylalkyl, and R₂₃₂ has one of the meanings of R₂₀₆; (β-7) a compound of the formula (B-7)

wherein A₁ is hydrogen or C₁-C₄alkyl, A₂ is a direct bond or C₁-C₁₀alkylene, and n₁ is a number from 2 to 50; (β-8) at least one compound of the formulae (B-8-a) and (B-8-b)

wherein n₂ and n₂* are a number from 2 to 50; (β-9) a compound of the formula (B-9)

wherein A₃ and A₄ independently of one another are hydrogen or C₁-C₈alkyl, or A₃ and A₄ together form a C₂-C₁₄alkylene group, and the variables n₃ independently of one another are a number from 1 to 50; and (β-10) a compound of the formula (B-10)

wherein n₄ is a number from 2 to 50, A₅ is hydrogen or C₁-C₄alkyl, the radicals A₆ and A₇ independently of one another are C₁-C₄alkyl or a group of the formula (b-I), with the proviso that at least 50% of the radicals A₇ are a group of the formula (b-I).

Examples of alkyl having up to 30 carbon atoms are methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, tert-butyl, 2-ethylbutyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, 1-methylpentyl, 1,3-dimethylbutyl, n-hexyl, 1-methylhexyl, n-heptyl, isoheptyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl, 1-methylheptyl, 3-methylheptyl, n-octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 1,1,3-trimethylhexyl, 1,1,3,3-tetramethylpentyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl, 1-methylundecyl, dodecyl, 1,1,3,3,5,5-hexamethylhexyl, tridecyl, tetradecyl, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, heptadecyl, octadecyl, eicosyl, docosyl and triacontyl. One of the preferred definitions of E₁, E₈, E₁₂, E₁₃, E₁₆, E₁₈, E₂₂, E₂₃, E₂₅, E₂₉, R₂₀₆, R₂₁₃, R₂₁₆, R₂₁₈, R₂₃₀ and R₂₃₂ is C₁-C₄alkyl, especially methyl. R₂₃₁ is preferably butyl.

Examples of alkoxy having up to 18 carbon atoms are methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, isopropoxy, butoxy, isobutoxy, pentoxy, isopentoxy, hexoxy, heptoxy, octoxy, decyloxy, dodecyloxy, tetradecyloxy, hexadecyloxy and octadecyloxy. One of the preferred meanings of E₁ is octoxy. E₂₄ is preferably C₁-C₄alkoxy and one of the preferred meanings of R₂₀₆ is propoxy.

Examples of C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl are cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, cyclooctyl and cyclododecyl. C₅-C₈Cycloalkyl, especially cyclohexyl, is preferred.

C₁-C₄Alkyl-substituted C₅-C₁₂cycloalkyl is for example methylcyclohexyl or dimethylcyclohexyl.

Examples of C₅-C₁₂cycloalkoxy are cyclopentoxy, cyclohexoxy, cycloheptoxy, cyclooctoxy, cyclodecyloxy and cyclododecyloxy. C₅-C₈Cycloalkoxy, in particular cyclopentoxy and cyclohexoxy, is preferred.

—OH— and/or C₁-C₁₀alkyl-substituted phenyl is for example methylphenyl, dimethylphenyl, trimethylphenyl, tert-butylphenyl or 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl.

Examples of C₇-C₉phenylalkyl are benzyl and phenylethyl.

C₇-C₉Phenylalkyl which is substituted on the phenyl radical by —OH and/or by alkyl having up to 10 carbon atoms is for example methylbenzyl, dimethylbenzyl, trimethylbenzyl, tert-butylbenzyl or 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl.

Examples of alkenyl having up to 10 carbon atoms are allyl, 2-methallyl, butenyl, pentenyl and hexenyl. Allyl is preferred. The carbon atom in position 1 is preferably saturated.

Examples of acyl containing not more than 8 carbon atoms are formyl, acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, pentanoyl, hexanoyl, heptanoyl, octanoyl, acryloyl, methacryloyl and benzoyl. C₁-C₈Alkanoyl, C₃-C₈alkenyl and benzoyl are preferred. Acetyl and acryloyl are especially preferred.

Examples of alkylene having up to 22 carbon atoms are methylene, ethylene, propylene, trimethylene, tetramethylene, pentamethylene, 2,2-dimethyltrimethylene, hexamethylene, trimethylhexamethylene, octamethylene and decamethylene.

An example of C₃-C₁₀alkylidene is the group

An example of C₄-C₁₀alkanetetrayl is 1,2,3,4-butanetetrayl.

An example of C₅-C₇cycloalkylene is cyclohexylene.

An example of C₁-C₄alkylenedi(C₅-C₇cycloalkylene) is methylenedicyclohexylene.

An example of phenylenedi(C₁-C₄alkylene) is methylene-phenylene-methylene or ethylene-phenylene-ethylene.

Where the radicals R₂₀₁, R₂₀₂ and R₂₀₃, together with the nitrogen atoms to which they are attached, form a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic ring, this ring is for example

A 6-membered heterocyclic ring is preferred.

Where the radicals R₂₀₄ and R₂₀₅, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclic ring, this ring is for example 1-pyrrolidyl, piperidino, morpholino, 1-piperazinyl, 4-methyl-1-piperazinyl, 1-hexahydroazepinyl, 5,5,7-trimethyl-1-homopiperazinyl or 4,5,5,7-tetramethyl-1-homopiperazinyl. Morpholino is particularly preferred.

One of the preferred definitions of R₂₁₉ and R₂₂₃ is phenyl.

R₂₂₆ is preferably a direct bond.

n₁, n₂, n₂* and n₄ are preferably a number from 2 to 25, in particular 2 to 20. n₃ is preferably a number from 1 to 25, in particular 1 to 20.

b₁ and b₂ are preferably a number from 2 to 25, in particular 2 to 20.

b₃ and b₄ are preferably a number from 1 to 25, in particluar 1 to 20.

b′₅ and b′″₅ are preferably 3 and b″₅ is preferably 2.

The compounds described above are essentially known and commercially available. All of them can be prepared by known processes.

The preparation of the compounds is disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,679,733, U.S. Pat. No. 3,640,928, U.S. Pat. No. 4,198,334, U.S. Pat. No. 5,204,473, U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,958, U.S. Pat. No. 4,110,306, U.S. Pat. No. 4,110,334, U.S. Pat. No. 4,689,416, U.S. Pat. No. 4,408,051, U.S. Pat. No. 768,175 (Derwent 88-138,751/20), U.S. Pat. No. 5,049,604, U.S. Pat. No. 4,769,457, U.S. Pat. No. 4,356,307, U.S. Pat. No. 4,619,956, U.S. Pat. No. 5,182,390, GB-A-2,269,819, U.S. Pat. No. 4,292,240, U.S. Pat. No. 5,026,849, U.S. Pat. No. 5,071,981, U.S. Pat. No. 4,547,538, U.S. Pat. No. 4,976,889, U.S. Pat. No. 4,086,204, U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,304, U.S. Pat. No. 4,331,586, U.S. Pat. No. 4,108,829, U.S. Pat. No. 5,051,458, WO-A-94/12,544 (Derwent 94-177,274/22), DD-A-262,439 (Derwent 89-122,983/17), U.S. Pat. No. 4,857,595, U.S. Pat. No. 4,529,760, U.S. Pat. No. 4,477,615, CAS 136,504-96-6, U.S. Pat. No. 4,233,412, U.S. Pat. No. 4,340,534, WO-A-98/51,690 and EP-A-1,803.

The product (B-6) can be prepared analogously to known processes, for example by reacting a polyamine of formula (B-6-1) with cyanuric chloride in a molar ratio of from 1:2 to 1:4 in the presence of anhydrous lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate or potassium carbonate in an organic solvent such as 1,2-dichloroethane, toluene, xylene, benzene, dioxane or tert-amyl alcohol at a temperature of from −20° C. to +10° C., preferably from −10° C. to +10° C., in particular from 0° C. to +10° C., for from 2 to 8 hours, followed by reaction of the resultant product with a 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidylamine of the formula (B-6-2). The molar ratio of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl -4-piperidylamine to polyamine of the formula (B-6-1) employed is for example from 4:1 to 8:1. The quantity of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidylamine can be added in one portion or in more than one portion at intervals of a few hours.

The molar ratio of polyamine of the formula (B-6-1) to cyanuric chloride to 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidylamine of the formula (B-6-2) is preferably from 1:3:5 to 1:3:6.

The following example indicates one way of preparing a preferred product (B-6-a).

Example: 23.6 g (0.128 mol) of cyanuric chloride, 7.43 g (0.0426 mol) of N,N′-bis[3-aminopropyl]ethylenediamine and 18 g (0.13 mol) of anhydrous potassium carbonate are reacted at 5° C. for 3 hours with stirring in 250 ml of 1,2-dichloroethane. The mixture is warmed at room temperature for a further 4 hours. 27.2 g (0.128 mol) of N-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)butylamine are added and the resultant mixture is warmed at 60° C. for 2 hours. A further 18 g (0.13 mol) of anhydrous potassium carbonate are added and the mixture is warmed at 60° C. for a further 6 hours. The solvent is removed by distillation under a slight vacuum (200 mbar) and replaced by xylene. 18.2 g (0.085 mol) of N-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)butylamine and 5.2 g (0.13 mol) of ground sodium hydroxide are added, the mixture is heated at reflux for 2 hours and, for a further 12 hours, the water formed during the reaction is removed by azeotropic distillation. The mixture is filtered. The solution is washed with water and dried over Na₂SO₄. The solvent is evaporated and the residue is dried at 120-130° C. in vacuo (0.1 mbar). The desired product is obtained as a colourless resin.

In general, the product (B-6) can, for example, be represented by a compound of the formula (B-6-α), (B-6-β) or (B-6-γ). It can also be in the form of a mixture of these three compounds.

A preferred meaning of the formula (B-6-α) is

A preferred meaning of the formula (B-6-β) is

A preferred meaning of the formula (B-6-γ) is

In the above formulae (B-6-α) to (B-6-γ), b₅ is preferably 2 to 20, in particular 2 to 10.

The sterically hindered amine compounds of component (c) are preferably selected from the group consisting of the following commercial products: DASTIB 845®, TINUVIN 770®, TINUVIN NOR 371®, TINUVIN 765®, TINUVIN 144®, TINUVIN 123®, TINUVIN 111®, TINUVIN 783®, TINUVIN 791®, MARK LA 52®, MARK LA 57®, MARK LA 62®, MARK LA 67®, HOSTAVIN N 20®, HOSTAVIN N 24®, SANDUVOR 3050®, SANDUVOR 3053®, SANDUVOR 3058®, DIACETAM 5®, SUMISORB™61®, UVINUL 4049®, SANDUVOR PR 31®, GOODRITE UV 3034®, GOODRITE UV 3150®, GOODRITE UV 3159®, GOODRITE 3110×128®, UVINUL 4050H®, CHIMASSORB 944®, CHIMASSORB 2020®, CYASORB UV 3346®, CYASORB UV 3529®, DASTIB 1082®, CHIMASSORB 119®, UVASIL 299®, UVASIL 125®, UVASIL 2000®, UVINUL 5050H®, LICHTSCHUTZSTOFF UV 31®, LUCHEM HA B 18®, MARK LA 63®, MARK LA 68®, UVASORB HA 88®, TINUVIN 622®, HOSTAVIN N 30® and FERRO AM 806®.

Particularly preferred are TINUVIN 770®, TINUVIN NOR 371®, TINUVIN 791®, TINUVIN 622®, TINUVIN 783®, CHIMASSORB 944®, CHIMASSORB 2020® and CHIMASSORB 119®.

Most preferred are Tinuvin 770®, TUNIVIN 292®, TINUVIN 123®, TINUVIN 152®, TINUVIN NOR 371® and TINUVIN 791®.

The meanings of the terminal groups which saturate the free valences in the compounds of the formulae (B-1), (B-3), (B-4), (B-5), (B-6-α), (B-6-β), (B-6-γ), (B-7), (B-8-a), (B-8-b) and (B-10) depend on the processes used for their preparation. The terminal groups can also be modified after the preparation of the compounds.

If the compounds of the formula (B-1) are prepared by reacting a compound of the formula

in which X is, for example, halogen, in particular chlorine, and R₂₀₄ and R₂₀₅ are as defined above, with a compound of the formula

in which R₂₀₁, R₂₀₂ and R₂₀₃ are as defined above, the terminal group bonded to the diamino radical is hydrogen or

and the terminal group bonded to the triazine radical is X or

If X is halogen, it is advantageous to replace this, for example, by —OH or an amino group when the reaction is complete. Examples of amino groups which may be mentioned are pyrrolidin-1-yl, morpholino, —NH₂, —N(C₁-C₈)alkyl)₂ and —NR(C₁-C₈alkyl), in which R is hydrogen or a group of the formula (b-I).

The compounds of the formula (B-1) also cover compounds of the formula

wherein R₂₀₁, R₂₀₂, R₂₀₃, R₂₀₄, R₂₀₅ and b₁ are as defined above and R₂₀₄* has one of the meanings of R₂₀₄ and R₂₀₅* has one of the meanings of R₂₀₅.

One of the particularly preferred compounds of the formula (B-1) is

The preparation of this compound is described in Example 10 of U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,304.

In the compounds of the formula (B-3), the terminal group bonded to the silicon atom can be, for example, (R₁₄)₃Si—O—, and the terminal group bonded to the oxygen can be, for example, —Si(R₁₄)₃.

The compounds of the formula (B-3) can also be in the form of cyclic compounds if b₂ is a number from 3 to 10, i.e. the free valences shown in the structural formula then form a direct bond.

In the compounds of the formula (B-4), the terminal group bonded to the 2,5-dioxopyrrolidine ring is, for example, hydrogen, and the terminal group bonded to the —C(R₂₂₃)(R₂₂₄)— radical is, for example,

In the compounds of the formula (B-5), the terminal group bonded to the carbonyl radical is, for example,

and the terminal group bonded to the oxygen radical is, for example,

In the compounds of the formulae (B-6-α), (B-6-β) and (B-6-γ), the terminal group bonded to the triazine radical is, for example, Cl or a

group, and the terminal group bonded to the amino radical is, for example, hydrogen or a

group.

If the compounds of the formula (B-7) are prepared, for example, by reacting a compound of the formula

in which A₁ is hydrogen or methyl, with a dicarboxylic acid diester of the formula Y—OOC-A₂-COO—Y, in which Y is, for example, methyl, ethyl or propyl, and A₂ is as defined above, the terminal group bonded to the 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-oxypiperidin-1-yl radical is hydrogen or —CO-A₂-COO—Y, and the terminal group bonded to the diacyl radical is —O—Y or

In the compounds of the formula (B-8-a), the terminal group bonded to the nitrogen can be, for example, hydrogen and the terminal group bonded to the 2-hydroxypropylene radical can be, for example, a

group.

In the compounds of the formula (B-8-b), the terminal group bonded to the dimethylene radical can be, for example, —OH, and the terminal group bonded to the oxygen can be, for example, hydrogen. The terminal groups can also be polyether radicals.

In the compounds of the formula (B-10), the end group bonded to the —CH₂— residue can be, for example, hydrogen and the end group bonded to the —CH(CO₂A₇) residue can be, for example, —CH═CH—COOA₇.

Specific examples for the sterically hindered amines are bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate, bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)succinate, bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate, bis(1-octyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4piperidyl)sebacate, bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)n-butyl-3,5-di-tert-butyl hydroxybenzylmalonate, the condensate of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-hydroxypiperidine and succinic acid, linear or cyclic condensates of N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine and 4-tert-octylamino-2,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine, tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)nitrilotriacetate, tetrakis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-1,2,3,4-butane-tetracarboxylate, 1,1′-(1,2-ethanediyl) bis(3,3,5,5-tetramethylpiperazinone), 4-benzoyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, 4-stearyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidyl)-2-n-butyl-2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl)malonate, 3-n-octyl-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-2,4-dione, bis(1-octyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl)succinate, linear or cyclic condensates of N,N′-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine and 4-morpholino-2,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine, the condensate of 2-chloro-4,6-bis(4-n-butylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl)-1,3,5-triazine and 1,2-bis(3-aminopropylamino)ethane, the condensate of 2-chloro-4,6-di-(4-n-butylamino-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidyl)-1,3,5triazine and 1,2-bis-(3-aminopropylamino)ethane, 8-acetyl-3-dodecyl-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]-decane-2,4-dione, 3-dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl]piperidyl)pyrrolidin-2,5-dione, 3-dodecyl-1-(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione, a mixture of 4-hexadecyloxy- and 4-stearyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, a condensation product of N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl)hexamethylenediamine and 4-cydohexylamino-2,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine, a condensation product of 1,2-bis(3-aminopropylamino)ethane and 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine as well as 4-butylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (CAS Reg. No. [136504-96-6]); N-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-n-dodecylsuccinimid, N-(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)-n-dodecylsuccinimid, 2-undecyl-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1-oxa-3,8-diaza-4-oxo-spiro[4,5]decane, a reaction product of 7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-2-cycloundecyl-1-oxa-3,8-diaza-4-oxospiro[4,5]decane und epichlorohydrin, 1,1-bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyloxycarbonyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethene, N,N′-bis-formyl-N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine, diester of 4-methoxy-methylene-malonic acid with 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-hydroxypiperidine, poly[methylpropyl-3-oxy-4-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)]siloxane and reaction product of maleic acid anhydride-α-olefin-copolymer with 2,2,6,6-tetramethyliaminopiperidine, 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylaminopiperidine, 2,4-bis[N-(1-cyclohexyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperldine-4-yl)-N-butylamino]-6-(2-hydroxyethyl)-amino-1,3,5-triazine, 1-(2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropoxy)-4-octadecanoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, 5-(2-ethylhexanoyl)oxymethyl-3,3,5-trimethyl-2-morpholinone or a compound

in which n is from 1 to 15, disclosed in example 2 of U.S. Pat. No. 6,117,995.

The sterically hindered amines mentioned above are known and are largely items of commerce.

A further aspect of the invention is a process for the preparation of a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion with an average particle size of less than 1000 nm comprising the step polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of a non-polar organic light stabilizer by heterophase radical polymerization;

wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer to polymer carrier formed from the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer per 100 parts of polymer carrier.

In a specific embodiment of the invention the process for the preparation of a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion comprises the steps

-   -   a) dissolving, emulsifying or dispersing a non-polar organic         light stabilizer in at least one ethylenically unsaturated         monomer;     -   b) preparing a conventional oil in water emulsion of said light         stabilizer dissolved, emulsified or dispersed in at least one         ethylenically unsaturated monomer;     -   c) homogenizing the conventional emulsion to a miniemulsion         wherein the droplets of the organic phase have an average         diameter below 1000 nm;     -   d) polymerizing the miniemulsion by adding a polymerization         initiator;         wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer         to polymer carrier formed from the ethylenically unsaturated         monomer is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer per 100         parts of polymer carrier.

In step b) preferably a non-ionic, cationic or anionic surfactant is additionally present.

In general anionic and non-ionic surfactants are preferred.

Optionally other water miscible solvents may be present usually less than 10% by weight based on the water content Exemplary cosolvents useful in the present invention may be selected from the group consisting of aliphatic alcohols, glycols, ethers, glycol ethers, pyrrolidines, N-alkyl pyrrolidinones, N-alkyl pyrrolidones, polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols, amides, carboxylic acids and salts thereof, esters, organosulfides, sulfoxides, sulfones, alcohol derivatives, hydroxyether derivatives such as butyl carbitol or cellosolve, amino alcohols, ketones, and the like, as well as derivatives thereof and mixtures thereof. Specific examples include methanol, ethanol, propanol, dioxane, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, diethylene glycol, glycerol, dipropylene glycol, tetrahydrofuran, and other water-soluble or water-miscible materials, and mixtures thereof.

Preferred are water, water alcohol mixtures, water ethylene glycol or propylene glycol mixtures, water acetone, water tetrahydrofurane, or water dimethylformamide mixtures.

Suitable surfactants or surface active compounds, which may be added are known in the art.

The amounts typically used range from 0.01% by weight to 10% by weight, based on the monomer or monomers.

Typical surfactants useful in the present invention are of nonionic, cationic or anionic type.

Examples for anionic surfactants are alkali and ammonium salts of C₁₂-C₁₈alkylsulfonic acid, dialkyl esters of succinic acid or sulfuric acid halfesters of ethoxylated alkanoles. These compounds are known for example from U.S. Pat. No. 4,269,749 and largely items of commerce, such as under the trade name Dowfax® 2A1 (Dow Chemical Company).

Nonionic surfactants are for example aliphatic or araliphatic compounds such as ethoxylated phenols (mon, di, tri) with an ethoxylation degree of 3 to 50 and alkyl groups in the range from C₄-C₉, ethoxylated long chain alcohols or polyethyleneoxide/polypropyleneoxide block copolymers.

Furthermore protective colloids such as polyvinylalcohols, starch, cellulose derivatives or copolymers containing vinylpyrrolidone may be added to form a conventional oil in water emulsion according to step b). Further examples are given in “Houben-Weyl, Methoden der Organischen Chemie, Band XIV/1, Makromolekulare Stoffe, G. Thieme Verlag Stuttgart 1961, 411-420”.

The homogenization step b) and c) is usually carried out by applying mechanical agitation (rotor/stator disperser) followed by using high force dispersion devices like for example a ultrasonic sound equipment (J. Dispersion Sci. Technology 2002, 23(1-3), 333-349) or a high pressure homogenizer (APV Gaulin homogenizer; Microfluidizer) The emulsification/homogenization can be carried out continuously or batchwise. Apparatus for this purpose are known in the art. This is for example described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,108,654.

The polymerization step d) is carried out by adding a free radical polymerization initiator.

Preferably the free radical initiator is present in an amount of from 0.01 weight-% to 20 weight-%, more preferably from 0.1 weight-% to 10 weight-% and most preferably from 0.2 weight-% to 5 weightl-%, based on the monomer or monomer mixture.

The polymerization initiator may be added batchwise or continuously to the reaction mixture.

Preferably the free radical initiator of component b) is a bis-azo compound, a peroxide or a hydroperoxide.

Specific preferred radical sources are 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile, 2,2′-azobis(2-methyl-butyronitrile), 2,2′-azobis(2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), 2,2′-azobis(4-methoxy-2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), 1,1′-azobis(1-cyclohexanecarbonitrile), 2,2′-azobis(isobutyramide)dihydrate, 2-phenylazo-2,4-dimethyl-4-methoxyvaleronitrile, dimethyl-2,2′-azobisisobutyrate, 2-(carbamoylazo)isobutyronitrile, 2,2′-azobis(2,4,4-trimethylpentane), 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropane), 2,2′-azobis(N,N′-dimethyleneisobutyramidine), free base or hydrochloride, 2,2′-azobis(2-amidinopropane), free base or hydrochloride, 2,2′-azobis{2-methyl-N-[1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]propionamide} or 2,2′-azobis{2-methyl-N-[1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2-hydroxyethyl]propionamide; acetyl cyclohexane sulphonyl peroxide, diisopropyl peroxy dicarbonate, t-amyl pemeodecanoate, t-butyl pemeodecanoate, t-butyl perpivalate, t-amylperpivalate, bis(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)peroxide, diisononanoyl peroxide, didecanoyl peroxide, dioctanoyl peroxide, dilauroyl peroxide, bis(2-methylbenzoyl) peroxide, disuccinic acid peroxide, diacetyl peroxide, dibenzoyl peroxide, t-butyl per 2-ethylhexanoate, bis-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-peroxide, t-butyl perisobutyrate, t-butyl permaleinate, 1,1-bis(t-butylperoxy) 3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane, 1,1-bis(t-butylperoxy)cyclohexane, t-butyl peroxy isopropyl carbonate, t-butyl perisononaoate, 2,5-dimethylhexane 2,5-dibenzoate, t-butyl peracetate, t-amyl perbenzoate, t-butyl perbenzoate, 2,2-bis(t-butylperoxy)butane, 2,2 bis (t-butylperoxy)propane, dicumyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethylhexane-2,5-di-t-butylperoxide, 3-t-butylperoxy 3-phenylphthalide, di-t-amyl peroxide, α,α′-bis(t-butylperoxy isopropyl)benzene, 3,5-bis(t-butylperoxy)3,5-dimethyl 1,2-dioxolane, di-t-butyl peroxide, 2,5-dimethylhexyne-2,5-di-t-butylperoxide, 3,3,6,6,9,9-hexamethyl 1,2,4,5-tetraoxa cyclononane, p-menthane hydroperoxide, pinane hydroperoxide, diisopropylbenzene mono-α-hydroperoxide, cumene hydroperoxide or t-butyl hydroperoxide.

It is also possible to use combinations of Fe-compounds or Co-compounds with peroxo salts or salts of bisulfites or hydrosulfites. These combinations are known as redox systems.

The polymerization temperature depends on the initiator used. Usually the polymerization temperature is in the range of 5° C. to 95° C. and preferably from 30° C. to 90°. If pressure is applied the temperature can raise up to 120° C., however, polymerization under normal pressure is the usual process.

Alternatively the polymerization can be initiated by photoinitiators and electromagnetic radiation, in particular actinic radiation.

Photoinitiators suitable for use in the process according to the invention are in principle any compounds and mixtures that form one or more free radicals when irradiated with electromagnetic waves. These include initiator systems consisting of a plurality of initiators and systems that function independently of one another or synergistically. In addition to coinitiators, for example amines, thiols, borates, enolates, phosphines, carboxylates and imidazoles, it is also possible to use sensitisers, for example acridines, xanthenes, thiazenes, coumarins, thioxanthones, triazines and dyes. A description of such compounds and initiator systems can be found e.g. in Crivello J. V., Dietliker K. K., (1999): Chemistry & Technology of UV & EB Formulation for Coatings, Inks & Paints, and in Bradley G. (ed.) Vol. 3: Photo-initiators for Free Radical and Cationic Polymerisation 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Son Ltd. The photoinitiator suitable for the process according to the invention in step b) may be either an initiator having an unsaturated group or an initiator not having such a group

Such compounds and derivatives are derived, for example, from the following classes of compounds: benzoins, benzil ketals, acetophenones, hydroxyalkylphenones, aminoalkylphenones, acylphosphine oxides, acylphosphine sulfides, acyloxyiminoketones, alkylamino-substituted ketones, such as Michler's ketone, peroxy compounds, dinitrile compounds, halogenated acetophenones, phenylglyoxylates, dimeric phenylglyoxalates, benzophenones, oximes and oxime esters, thioxanthones, coumarins, ferrocenes, titanocenes, onium salts, sulfonium salts, iodonium salts, diazonium salts, borates, triazines, bisimidazoles, polysilanes and dyes. It is also possible to use combinations of the compounds from the mentioned classes of compounds with one another and combinations with corresponding coinitiator systems and/or sensitisers.

Surprisingly it has been found that after polymerization has been completed, the volatile components, water mainly, can be removed without agglomeration of the particles. The polymer particles can therefore readily be re-dispersed, if desired.

Vaporization of the volatile components can be carried out using standard methods, such as for example spray drying.

Consequently another aspect of the invention is a polymer powder obtainable by vaporizing the volatile components of the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion as described above.

The polymer powder containing highly concentrated light stabilizers can be used for example in the formulation of powder coatings or for plastic applications in mold, blow mold or extrusion processes.

The instant invention pertains further to a composition stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation which comprises,

-   -   (a) an organic material susceptible to thermal, oxidative or         light induced degradation, and     -   (b) a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion as described         above.

For instance the organic material is a recording material.

For example the recording material is a photographic material or an ink jet material.

In another embodiment of the invention the recording material is a printed material containing the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion in an overprint varnish.

Materials to be stabilized with the instant novel polymer dispersions are for example recording materials. By such materials are meant, for example, those described in Research Disclosure 1990, 31429 (pages 474-480) for photographic reproduction and other reprographic techniques.

The recording materials comprise, for example, those for pressure-sensitive copying systems, microcapsule photocopier systems, heat-sensitive copier systems, photographic material and ink-jet printing.

The recording materials feature an unexpectedly high quality, especially in terms of their light stability.

The recording materials have a structure which is known per se and which corresponds to the utility. They consist of a base, for example paper or plastic film, on which one or more coatings are applied. Depending on the type of material, these coats contain the suitable components required, in the case of photographic material for example silver halide emulsions, colour couplers, dyes and the like. The material intended especially for ink-jet printing has a customary base on which there is an absorption layer suitable for ink. Uncoated paper can likewise be employed for ink-jet printing; in this case, the paper functions simultaneously as a base and has the absorbent for the ink. Suitable material for ink-jet printing is described, inter alia, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,073,448, the disclosure content of which is regarded as part of the present description.

The recording material can also be transparent, for example in the case of projection films.

The polymer dispersions can be incorprated into the material even in the course of manufacture; in papermaking, for example, by addition to the pulp. Another method of use is the spraying of the material or the addition thereof to the coating.

Coatings for transparent recording materials for projection must not contain any light-scattering particles such as pigments or fillers.

The colour-binding coatings can contain further additives, for example antioxidants, light stabilizers, viscosity improvers, brighteners, biocides and/or antistats.

The coating is usually prepared as follows:

The water-soluble components, for example the binder, are dissolved in water and mixed. The solid components, for example fillers and other additives as already described, are dispersed in this aqueous medium. Dispersion is advantageously brought about with the aid of equipment such as ultrasonic devices, turbine agitators, homogenizers, colloid mills, bead mills, sand mills, high-speed stirrers and the like. A particular advantage of the instant polymer dispersions is their ease of incorporation into the coating.

As mentioned, the recording materials cover a broad field of use. The polymer dispersions can be employed, for example, in pressure-sensitive copier systems. They can be added to the paper to protect the microencapsulated dye precursors against light, or to the binder of the developer layer for protecting the dyes formed therein.

Photocopier systems with light-sensitive microcapsules which are developed by pressure are described, inter alia, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,416,966; 4,483,912; 4,352,200; 4,535,050; 4,5365,463; 4,551,407; 4,562,137 and 4,608,330; and also in EP-A-139,479; EP-A-162,664; EP-A-164,931; EP-A-237,024; EP-A-237,025 and EP-A-260,129. In all these systems the polymer dispersions can be added to the colour-accepting layer. Alternatively, they can be added to the donor layer for protecting the colour formers against light.

The polymer dispersions can also be employed in recording materials which are based on the principle of photopolymerization, photosoftening or the rupture of microcapsules, or when heat-sensitive or photosensitive diazonium salts, leuco dyes with oxidizing agent or colour lactones with Lewis acids are used.

Heat-sensitive recording material exploits the colour-imparting reaction between a colourless or weakly coloured base dye and an organic or inorganic colour developer, the recorded image being produced by heat-induced contact of the two materials. This type of heat-sensitive recording material is very widespread, not only as the recording medium for faxes, computers, etc., but also in many other fields, for example in label printing.

The heat-sensitive recording material is composed of a base, a heat-sensitive colour-forming recording layer on this base, and, optionally, a protective layer on the heat-sensitive, colour-forming recording layer. The heat-sensitive, colour-forming recording layer contains as its principal constituent a colour-imparting compound and a colour-developing compound, and also a polymer dispersions according to the instant invention. If the said protective layer is present, the polymer dispersions can also be incorporated into the protective layer.

Heat-sensitive recording materials are described, for example, in JP-A 8-267 915.

Further fields of use are recording materials for dye diffusion transfer printing, thermal wax transfer printing and dot matrix printing, and for use with electrostatic, electrographic, electrophoretic, magnetographic and laser-electrophotographic printers, recorders or plotters. Of the materials mentioned, preference is given to recording materials for dye diffusion transfer printing, as are described, for example, in EP-A-507,734.

The polymer dispersions can also be employed in inks, preferably for ink-jet printing, for example those as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,098,477, the disclosure content of which is regarded as part of the present description. The ink, especially for ink-jet printing, contains preferably water. Inks contain the polymer dispersions usually in a concentration of from 0.01 to 20% by weight, in particular from 0.5 to 10% by weight.

Examples of colour photographic materials are colour negative films, colour reversal films, colour positive films, colour photographic paper, colour reversal photographic paper, colour-sensitive materials for the dye diffusion transfer process or the silver dye bleach process.

Examples of suitable bases for the production of colour photographic materials are films and sheets of semisynthetic and synthetic polymers, such as cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate, cellulose butyrate, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate and polycarbonate, and paper laminated with a barytes layer or an α-olefin polymer layer (e.g. polyethylene). These bases can have been coloured with dyes or pigments, for example titanium dioxide. They can also have been coloured black for the purposes of light shielding. The surface of the base is generally subjected to a treatment for improving the adhesion of the photographic emulsion layer, for example corona discharge with subsequent application of a substrate layer.

The recording material preferably comprises the silver halide emulsion layers starting from the base, in the sequence blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive layer. In the colour photographic material the polymer dispersion is preferably in a layer above the green-sensitive layer, particularly preferably in a layer above the silver halide emulsion layer(s).

The polymer dispersion is preferably present in the photographic material in an amount of from 0.001 to 10 g per m², for example from 0.1 to 8 g/m², especially from 0.005 to 6 and, in particular, from 0.01 to 4 g/m².

Preference is generally given to a photographic recording material comprising the polymer dispersion in a layer above the silver halide emulsion layer(s). Preference is also given to photographic recording material comprising at least one each of a red-sensitive and green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and, in between them, an interlayer, where at least one of the instant polymer dispersions is present in the interlayer between the red-sensitive and the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. Very particularly preferred photographic recording material comprises at least one each of a red-sensitive, a green-sensitive and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and also at least two interlayers between the aforementioned layers and a protective layer, where at least one of the instant polymer dispersions is present in at least one layer above the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and the silver halide emulsion layers contain dark-storage stabilizers and/or light stabilizers.

Essential constituents of the colour-photographic emulsion layers are binders, silver halide particles and colour couplers.

Of especial interest, for example, is a colour photographic recording material comprising, on a base, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler, at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler, and customary top layer(s) and interlayer(s), at least one of the layers comprising a polymer dispersion according to the instant invention.

The photographic emulsions can be spectrally sensitized using methine dyes or other dyes. Particularly suitable dyes are cyanine dyes and merocyanine dyes, including complex merocyanine dyes.

An overview of the polymethine dyes which are suitable as spectral sensitizers, their appropriate combinations and supersensitizing combinations is given in Research Disclosure 17643 (December 1978), Chapter IV.

The differently sensitized emulsion layers are allocated non-diffusing monomeric or polymeric colour couplers, which may be located in the same layer or in an adjacent layer. It is common to assign cyan couplers to the red-sensitive layers, magenta couplers to the green-sensitive layers and yellow couplers to the blue-sensitive layers.

Preferred is a composition wherein the organic material is an adhesive, an aqueous emulsion of a natural or synthetic rubber, a water based ink or a water based coating.

In step (ii) preferably a non-ionic, cationic or anionic surfactant is present.

Preferably the amount of component b) is from 0.1 to 40%, in particular from 0.1 to 20% and especially from 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the weight of the solid content of component a).

For very thin film applications the amount of component b) may be as high as 60% by weight based on the weight of the solid content of component a).

Adhesives are preferably selected from the group consisting of polyurethanes, polyacrylics, epoxys, phenolics, polyimides, poly(vinyl butyral), polycyanoacrylates, polyacrylates, ethylene/acrylic acid copolymers and their salts (ionomers), silicon polymers, poly(ethylene/vinyl acetate), atatic polypropylene, styrene-diene copolymers, polyamides, hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene, polychloroprene, poly(vinyl acetate), carboxylated styrene/butadiene copolymers and poly(vinyl alcohol).

Aqueous emulsions of natural or synthetic rubber, are for example natural latex or latices of carboxylated styrene/butadiene copolymers.

The concentrated aqueous polymer dispersions can also be employed in inks, preferably for ink jet printing.

When water-soluble, water miscible or water dispersible coatings are desired ammonium salts of acid groups are present in the resin backbone.

The coatings can be physically drying systems or crosslinked polymers. For example crosslinked polymers are derived from aldehydes on the one hand and phenols, ureas and melamines on the other hand, such as phenol/formaldehyde resins, urea/formaldehyde resins and melamine/formaldehyde resins.

Drying and non-drying alkyd resins are also possible.

Unsaturated polyester resins derived from copolyesters of saturated and unsaturated dicarboxylic acids with polyhydric alcohols and vinyl compounds as crosslinking agents, and also halogen-containing modifications thereof of low flammability can be used.

Preferred are crosslinkable acrylic resins derived from substituted acrylates, for example epoxy acrylates, urethane acrylates or polyester acrylates.

Alkyd resins, polyester resins and acrylate resins crosslinked with melamine resins, urea resins, polyisocyanates or epoxy resins.

Also crosslinked epoxy resins derived from polyepoxides can be formulated, for example from bisglycidyl ethers or from cycloaliphatic diepoxides.

The alkyd resin lacquers are the conventional stoving lacquers which are used in particular for coating automobiles (automobile finishing lacquers), for example lacquers based on alkyd/melamine resins and alkyd/acrylic/melamine resins (see H. Wagner and H. F. Sarx, “Lackkunstharze” (1977), pages 99-123). Other crosslinking agents include glycouril resins, blocked isocyanates or epoxy resins.

The lacquers are suitable both for metal finish coatings and solid shade finishes, especially in the case of retouching finishes, as well as various coil coating applications. The lacquers stabilized in accordance with the invention are preferably applied in the conventional manner by two methods, either by the single-coat method or by the two-coat method. In the latter method, the pigment-containing base coat is applied first and then a covering coat of clear lacquer over it.

The coatings may also be applied onto wood substrates to prevent the wood from discoloration.

Aqueous coating materials can be based on water-soluble, water-thinnable polymers or polymer dispersions. Highly polar organic film formers, such as polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylamides, polyethylene glycols, cellulose derivatives, acrylates and polyesters with very high acid value are examples for water-soluble polymers. Water-thinnable film formers consist of relatively short-chain polymers with acid or basic groups capable of salt formation incorporated into the side chains. They are neutralized with suitable bases or acids, which evaporates during film formation leads to insoluble polymers. Examples thereof are short and medium oil carboxylic acid alkyd resins, water-thinnable melamine resins, emulsifiable epoxy resins or silicone-based emulsions. Several polymer types are used as water-dilutable film formers. Most important of these are vinyl acetate copolymers with dibutyl maleinates, vinyl esters of Versatic acids, acrylic ester acids or terpolymers with ethylene and vinyl chloride, vinyl propionates, pure acrylates consisting of polyacrylates and polymethacrylates, acrylate copolymers with styrene and styrene-butadiene copolymers.

The coating material may also be a water-borne radiation-curable formulation of photopolymerisable compounds.

The coating material may also contain further ingredients such as pigments or dyes, fillers, solvents as coalescing agent, accelerators (hardeners) for the binders, waxes or other hydrophobing agents, defoaming agents, levelling agent, wetting agent, rheological additives (thickeners or thixotropic agents), amines or bases for pH adjustment, photoinitiators, biocides, preservatives, fungicides or insecticides.

The coating material may be dried physically or cured chemically at room temperature, by stoving or by radiation. Provided the binders are curable binders, they are normally used together with the hardener and/or accelerator.

Any coating composition suitable for coating of wood or wood-based material may be used as aqueous wood coating material. Examples for wood or wood based material are furniture, parquet, window frames, panels, doors, wood core plywood, chipboard and fibreboard. Depending on their function or transparency the wood coating materials can be primers/impregnating stains, stain blocking primers and exterior topcoats like woodstains and opaque coatings. Preferable binders are nowadays straight acrylic dispersions, in many cases self-crosslinking acrylic dispersions or alkyd resin emulsions or hybrid coatings as mixtures thereof. For interior applications such as furniture and parquet water-based lacquers based on mostly self-crosslinking acrylic dispersions, polyurethane dispersions, acrylic polyurethane copolymer dispersions are preferably used. When film properties should fulfill high requirements, radiation-curable polymer dispersions or two pack systems consisting of hydroxyl-functional polymer dispersion and water-dispersible polyisocyanates are preferred.

The aqueous wood coating material can be applied to the wood by conventional techniques, for example by impregnating, spreading, brushing, dipping, deluging, spraying or with roller or curtain machines. Also impregnating under high pressure or under vacuum is possible.

In general compositions are preferred wherein component a) is a water based coating.

A specific embodiment of the invention is a powder coating composition stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation comprising

-   -   a) a solid binder material; and     -   b) a polymer powder containing a light stabilizer as described         above.

By “powder coating compositions” or “powder coatings” is meant the definition as described in “Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 5th, Completely Revised Edition, Vol. A 18”, pages 438 to 444 (1991) in Section 3.4. By powder coatings are meant thermoplastic or bakable, crosslinkable polymers, which are applied in powder form to predominantly metallic substrates. The way in which the powder is brought into contact with the workpiece that is to be coated typifies the various application techniques, such as electrostatic powder spraying, electrostatic fluidized-bed sintering, fixed bed sintering, fluidized-bed sintering, rotational sintering or centrifugal sintering.

Preferred organic film-forming binders for the powder coating compositions of the invention are stoving systems based, for example, on epoxy resins, polyester-hydroxyalkylamides, polyester-glycolurils, epoxy-polyester resins, polyester-triglycidyl isocyanurates, hydroxy-functional polyester-blocked polyisocyanates, hydroxy-functional polyester-uretdiones, acrylate resins with hardener, or mixtures of such resins.

Polyesters are in general hydroxy- or carboxy-functional and are normally prepared by condensation of diols and dicarboxylic acids. By adding polyols and/or polyacids, branched polyesters are obtained which then give rise, in the course of baking in the presence of crosslinkers, to network structures which give the coating the desired physical properties, such as scratch resistance, impact strength and flexural strength. Instead of multifunctional acids it is also possible to use anhydrides or acid chlorides, such as maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride, phthalic anhydride, terephthalic anhydride, hexahydroterephthalic anhydride, trimellitic anhydride, pyromellitic dianhydride, succinic anhydride, etc. It is also possible to use simple esters such as dimethyl terephthalate for example, in which case the polymerization proceeds by transesterification with elimination of the volatile alcohol. Likewise practicable is a preparation by a combination of transesterification and condensation. Polyesters can be prepared, furthermore, by polycondensation of hydroxycarboxylic acids such as 12-hydroxystearic acid and hydroxypivalic acid, or of the corresponding lactones, such as ε-caprolactone, for example. Examples of dicarboxylic acids and polyacids include terephthalic, isophthalic, adipic, azelaic, sebacic, 1,12-dodecanedioic, pyromellitic, 3,6-dichlorophthalic, succinic, 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxylic and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acids. Examples of diols and polyols include ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, glycerol, hexanetriol, hexane-2,5-diol, hexane-1,6-diol, pentaerythritol, sorbitol, neopentyl glycol, trimethylolethane, trimethylolpropane, tris-1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, trimethylpentanediol, 2,2-diethyl-1,3-propanediol, 2-methyl-2-butyl-1,3-propanediol, esterdiol 204 (ester of hydroxypivalic acid and neopentyl glycol), hydrogenated bisphenol A, bisphenol A, hydroxypivalic acid, hydroxypivalate esters, 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2-butene-1,4-diol, 2-butyne-1,4-diol or 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol.

Suitable crosslinking agents for carboxy-functional polyesters are epoxy compounds such as Novolac®-epoxy resins, diglycidyl ethers of bisphenol A, hydrogenated bisphenol A and bis-phenol A modified by reaction with, for example, aliphatic dicarboxylic acids. Also suitable are reactive epoxy compounds, such as triglycidyltriazolidine-3,5-dione, the glycidyl esters of polyacids, such as diglycidyl terephthalate and diglycidyl hexahydroterephthalate, hydantoin epoxides (U.S. Pat. No. 4,402,983) and, especially, triglycidyl isocyanurate, epoxidized unsaturated fatty acid esters (for example Uranox® from DSM) and AraIdit®PT 910 (Ciba Spezialitätenchemie AG). Further crosslinking agents for carboxy-functional polyesters are β-hydroxyalkylamides (U.S. Pat. No. 4,076,917), such as the predominantly tetrafunctional β-hydroxyalkylamide derivative of adipic acid (Primid® XL552 from Rohm & Haas), for example. Derivatives of melamine, benzoguanimine and glycoluril that have been alkylated with low molecular mass alcohols have also proved suitable. Examples are tetramethylmethoxyglycoluril (Powderlink® 1174 from American Cyanamid). In addition, bis- and trisoxazolidines, such as 1,4-bisoxazolidinobenzene, for example, are also known as crosslinking agents.

More recent are carboxy-functional polyester, which contain chemically bonded epoxy groups and are thus able to crosslink with themselves (Molhoek et al., 22nd Fatipec Congress, 15-19.5.95, Budapest, Vol. 1, 119-132).

In all systems in which an epoxy group or a glycidyl radical reacts with a carboxyl group or with an anhydride in a crosslinking reaction, it is possible to employ catalysts. Examples are amines or metal compounds such as aluminium acetylacetonate or tin octoate, for example.

The polyisocyanate crosslinkers are of particular importance as crosslinking agents for hydroxy-functional polyesters. In order to prevent premature crosslinking, because of the high reactivity of isocyanates, and to obtain good levelling of the melted powder, the polyisocyanates are blocked (internally in the form of a uretdione, or as an adduct with a blocking agent). Blocking agents most commonly employed are ε-caprolactam, methyl ethyl ketoxime or butanone oxime. Other suitable blocking agents for isocyanates are described in the publications by G. B. Guise, G. N. Freeland and G. C. Smith, J. Applied Polymer Science, 23, 353 (1979) and by M. Bock and H.-U. Maier-Westhues in “Progress in Product Development for Powder Coating Technology, XIX th Int. Conf. on Organic Coatings, Science and Technol., Athens, 12-16 July”, 1993. Examples of blocked and unblocked polyisocyanates include 2-methylpentane 1,5-diisocyanate, 2-ethylbutane 1,4-diisocyanate, 3(4)-isocyanatomethyl-1-methylcyclohexyl isocyanate, 3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexane diisocyanate, tris(isocyanatomethyl)benzene, 4,4′-diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, 1,4-bis(isocyanatomethyl)cyclohexane, m-tetramethylxylene diisocyanate, p-tetramethylxylene diisocyanate and, in particular, isophorone diisocyanate. For deblocking it is common to add a metallic catalyst, such as tin octoate, dibutyltin oxide or dibutyltin dilaurate, for example, to the polyisocyanate formulation.

Further suitable crosslinking agents for hydroxy-functional polyesters are anhydrides such as trimellitic anhydride and its reaction products with diols and diamines. Further examples of such crosslinking agents are described by T. A. Misev in “Powder Coatings: Chemistry and Technology”, published by J.Wiley & Sons, Chichester on pages 123 and 124.

Polyacrylates, which commonly possess hydroxyl, carboxyl or glycidyl functionality, are also employed as binders for powder coatings. They are prepared by the customary methods, principally from monomers such as styrene and linear or branched C₁-C₈alkyl esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid. In addition, other ethylenically unsaturated compounds, such as divinylbenzene, acrylamide, methacrylamide, butoxymethylacrylamide, acrylonitrile, butadiene, etc., can be added and copolymerized. Hydroxyl functionality is ensured by the copolymerization of hydroxy-functional monomers such as hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, for example. For carboxyl functionality use is made of ethylenically unsaturated acids and anhydrides, such as acrylic, methacrylic, itaconic and crotonic acid, and maleic, itaconic, acrylic or methacrylic anhydrides (U.S. Pat. No. 3,836,604). Glycidyl functionality is provided, as taught in EP-A-0 256 369 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,876,578, by the copolymerization of monomers such as glycidyl acrylate and glycidyl methacrylate. As crosslinking agents for polyacrylates with hydroxyl or carboxyl functionality it is possible in principle to use the same compounds as already described for the polyesters with hydroxyl or carboxyl functionality. Further suitable crosslinking agents are the epoxy compounds of U.S. Pat. No. 0,045,040. Suitable crosslinking agents for polyacrylates with glycidyl functionality are dicarboxylic acids, such as sebacic acid and 1,12-dodecanedicarboxylic acid, and anhydrides, such as bistrimellitic anhydride, for example, and the compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,880,946. DE-A-3 310 545, furthermore, discloses self-crosslinking polyacrylates.

Epoxy resins for powder coatings are usually either Novolac®-epoxy resins or, in particular, those based on aromatic polyols, especially those based on bisphenols such as bisphenol A. Also known are modified bisphenol epoxy resins, from JP-A-58 187 464 (1982). The epoxy resins are employed in combination with crosslinkers from the classes of the solid aliphatic amines, solid aromatic amines, amine adducts, phenolic resins, polyacids and the already described carboxy-functional polyesters. Hardeners deserving of very special mention are the dicyandiamides, which are frequently employed together with a catalyst, examples of which are Lewis acids, boron trifluoride-amine complexes, metal complexes, tertiary or quaternary amines, and imidazoline derivatives, such as 2-methylimidazoline.

A further aspect of the invention is a composition stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation comprising

-   -   a) a thermoplastic polymer and     -   b) a polymer powder as described above.         Thermoplastic polymers are for example polyolefins and all those         polymers summarized under the term engineering plastics, such as         for example polyester, polyamide, polystyrene or polycarbonate.

Still further aspects of the invention are the use of a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion as described above as stabilizer against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation of organic materials, which are susceptibel to thermal, oxidative or light induced degradation and the use of a polymer powder as described above as stabilizer against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation of a powder coating.

The preferences mentioned for the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion apply also for the stabilized compositions and all other subjects of the invention.

The compositions stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation described above may contain further additives, for example, plasticizers, lubricants, emulsifiers, pigments, optical brighteners, flameproofing agents or anti-static agents.

They may also contain light or heat stabilizers which have been added in a conventional product form. When additional UV-absorbers or sterically hindered amines (HALS) are added they may be selected from the products mentioned above.

Further additives are those given below.

1. Antioxidants

1.1. Alkylated monophenols, for example 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol, 2-tert-butyl-4,6-dimethylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-ethylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-n-butylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-isobutylphenol, 2,6-dicyclopentyl-4-methylphenol, 2-(α-methylcyclohexyl)-4,6-dimethylphenol, 2,6-dioctadecyl-4-methylphenol, 2,4,6-tricyclohexylphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxymethylphenol, nonylphenols which are linear or branched in the side chains, for example 2,6-di-nonyl-4-methylphenol, 2,4-dimethyl-6-(1′-methylundec-1′-yl)phenol, 2,4-dimethyl-6-(1′-methylheptadec-1′-yl)phenol, 2,4-dimethyl-6-(1′-methyltridec-1′-yl)phenol and mixtures thereof.

1.2. Alkylthiomethylphenols, for example 2,4-dioctylthiomethyl-6-tert-butylphenol, 2,4-dioctylthiomethyl-6-methylphenol, 2,4-dioctylthiomethyl-6-ethylphenol, 2,6-di-dodecylthiomethyl-4-nonylphenol.

1.3. Hydroquinones and alkylated hydroquinones, for example 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methoxyphenol, 2,5-di-tert-butylhydroquinone, 2,5-di-tert-amylhydroquinone, 2,6-diphenyl-4-octadecyloxyphenol, 2,6-di-tertbutylhydroquinone, 2,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl stearate, bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)adipate.

1.4. Tocopherols, for example α-tocopherol, β-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol, δ-tocopherol and mixtures thereof (vitamin E).

1.5. Hydroxylated thiodiphenyl ethers, for example 2,2′-thiobis(6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol), 2,2′-thiobis(4-octylphenol), 4,4′-thiobis(6-tert-butyl-3-methylphenol), 4,4′-thiobis(6-tert-butyl-2-methylphenol), 4,4′-thiobis(3,6-di-sec-amylphenol), 4,4′-bis(2,6-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-disulfide.

1.6. Alkylidenebisphenols, for example 2,2′-methylenebis(6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenol), 2,2′-methylenebis(6-tert-butyl-4-ethylphenol), 2,2′-methylenebis[4-methyl-6-(α-methylcyclohexyl)-phenol], 2,2′-methylenebis(4-methyl-6-cyclohexylphenol), 2,2′-methylenebis(6-nonyl-4-methylphenol), 2,2′-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol), 2,2′-ethylidenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol), 2,2′-ethylidenebis(6-tert-butyl-4-isobutylphenol), 2,2′-methylenebis[6-(α-methylbenzyl)-4-nonylphenol], 2,2′-methylenebis[6-(α,α-dimethylbenzyl)-4-nonylphenol], 4,4′-methylenebis(2,6-di-tert-butylphenol), 4,4′-methylenebis(6-tert-butyl-2-methylphenol), 1,1-bis(5-tert-butyl -4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)butane, 2,6-bis(3-tert-butyl-5-methyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-4-methylphenol, 1,1,3-tris(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)butane, 1,1-bis(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)-3-n-dodecylmercaptobutane, ethylene glycol bis[3,3-bis(3′-tert-butyl -4′-hydroxyphenyl)butyrate], bis(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methyl-phenyl)dicyclopentadiene, bis[2-(3′-tert-butyl-2′-hydroxy-5′-methylbenzyl)-6-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl]terephthalate, 1,1-bis-(3,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)butane, 2,2-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, 2,2-bis-(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)-4-n-dodecylmercaptobutane, 1,1,5,5-tetra(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-2-methylphenyl)pentane.

1.7. O-, N- and S-benzyl compounds, for example 3,5,3′,5′-tetra-tert-butyl-4,4′-dihydroxydibenzyl ether, octadecyl-4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzylmercaptoacetate, tridecyl-4-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzylmercaptoacetate, tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)amine, bis(4-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylbenzyl)dithioterephthalate, bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)sulfide, isooctyl-3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylmercaptoacetate.

1.8. Hydroxybenzylated malonates, for example dioctadecyl-2,2-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)malonate, di-octadecyl-2-(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-5-methylbenzyl)malonate, didodecylmercaptoethyl-2,2-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)malonate, bis[4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenyl]-2,2-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)malonate.

1.9. Aromatic hydroxybenzyl compounds, for example 1,3,5-tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)-2,4,6-trimethylbenzene, 1,4-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)-2,3,5,6-tetramethylbenzene, 2,4,6-tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)phenol.

1.10. Triazine compounds, for example 2,4-bis(octylmercapto)-6-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanilino)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-octytmercapto-4,6-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanilino)-1,3,5-triazine, 2-octylmercapto-4,6-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine, 2,4,6-tris-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenoxy)-1,2,3-triazine, 1,3,5-tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)isocyanurate, 1,3,5-tris(4-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylbenzyl)isocyanurate, 2,4,6-tris-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,5-tris(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionyl)-hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,5-tris(3,5-dicyclohexylhydroxybenzyl)isocyanurate.

1.11. Benzylphosphonates, for example dimethyl-2,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonate, diethyl-3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonate, dioctadecyl3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonate, dioctadecyl-5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-3-methylbenzylphosphonate, the calcium salt of the monoethyl ester of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylphosphonic acid.

1.12. Acylaminophenols, for example 4-hydroxylauranilide, 4-hydroxystearanilide, octyl N-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)carbamate.

1.13. Esters of β-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid with mono- or polyhydric alcohols, e.g. with methanol, ethanol, n-octanol, i-octanol, octadecanol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,9-nonanediol, ethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, neopentyl glycol, thiodiethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, pentaerythritol, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate, N,N′-bis(hydroxyethyl)oxamide, 3-thiaundecanol, 3-thiapentadecanol, trimethylhexanediol, trimethylolpropane, 4-hydroxymethyl-1-phospha-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane.

1.14. Esters of β-(5-tert-butyl-4-hydroxy-3-methylphenyl)propionic acid with mono- or polyhydric alcohols, e.g. with methanol, ethanol, n-octanol, i-octanol, octadecanol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,9-nonanediol, ethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, neopentyl glycol, thiodiethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, pentaerythritol, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate, N,N′-bis(hydroxyethyl)oxamide, 3-thiaundecanol, 3-thiapentadecanol, trimethylhexanediol, trimethylolpropane, 4-hydroxymethyl-1-phospha-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; 3,9-bis[2-{3-(3-tert-butyl -4-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)propiomyloxy}-1,1-dimethylethyl]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5,6]-undecane.

1.15. Esters of β-(3,5-dicyclohexyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid with mono- or polyhydric alcohols, e.g. with methanol, ethanol, octanol, octadecanol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,9-nonanediol, ethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, neopentyl glycol, thiodiethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, pentaerythritol, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate, N,N′-bis(hydroxyethyl)oxamide, 3-thiaundecanol, 3-thiapentadecanol, trimethylhexanediol, trimethylolpropane, 4-hydroxymethyl-1-phospha-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane.

1.16. Esters of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid with mono- or polyhydric alcohols, e.g. with methanol, ethanol, octanol, octadecanol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,9-nonanediol, ethylene glycol, 1,2-propanediol, neopentyl glycol, thiodiethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, pentaerythritol, tris(hydroxyethyl)isocyanurate, N,N′-bis(hydroxyethyl)oxamide, 3-thiaundecanol, 3-thiapentadecanol, trimethylhexanediol, trimethylolpropane, 4-hydroxymethyl-1-phospha-2,6,7-trioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane.

1.17. Amides of β-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid e.g. N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl -4-hydroxyphenylpropionyl)hexamethylenediamide, N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionyl)trimethylenediamide, N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionyl)hydrazide, N,N′-bis[2-(3-[3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl]propionyloxy)ethyl]oxamide (Naugard®XL-1, supplied by Uniroyal).

1.18. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

1.19. Aminic antioxidants, for example N,N′-di-isopropyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-di-sec-butyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(1,4-dimethylpentyl)-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(1-ethyl-3-methylpentyl)-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(1-methylheptyl)-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-dicyclohexyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N,N′-bis(2-naphthyl)-p-phenylenediamine, N-isopropyl-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N-(1-methylheptyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, N-cyclohexyl-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine, 4-(p-toluenesulfamoyl)diphenylamine, N,N′-dimethyl-N,N′-disec-butyl-p-phenylenediamine, diphenylamine, N-allyidiphenylamine, 4-isopropoxydiphenylamine, N-phenyl-1-naphthylamine, N-(4-tert-octylphenyl)-1-naphthylamine, N-phenyl-2-naphthylamine, octylated diphenylamine, for example p,p′-di-tert-octyldiphenylamine, 4-n-butylaminophenol, 4-butyrylaminophenol, 4-nonanoylaminophenol, 4-dodecanoylaminophenol, 4-octadecanoylaminophenol, bis(4-methoxyphenyl)amine, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-dimethylaminomethylphenol, 2,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane, 4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane, N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenylmethane, 1,2-bis[(2-methylphenyl)amino]ethane, 1,2-bis(phenylamino)propane, (o-tolyl)biguanide, bis[4-(1′,3′-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]amine, tert-octylated N-phenyl-1-naphthylamine, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated tert-butyl/tert-octyldiphenyl-amines, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated nonyldiphenylamines, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated dodecyldiphenylamines, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated isopropyl/isohexyldiphenylamines, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated tert-butyldiphenylamines, 2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-4H-1,4-benzothiazine, phenothiazine, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated tert-butyl/tert-octylphenothiazines, a mixture of mono- and dialkylated tert-octylphenothiazines, N-allylphenothiazine, N,N,N′,N′-tetraphenyl-1,4-diaminobut-2-ene, N,N-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperid-4-yl-hexamethylenediamine, bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperid-4-yl)sebacate, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-one, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-ol.

2. Metal deactivators, for example N,N′-diphenyloxamide, N-salicylal-N′-salicyloyl hydrazine, N,N′-bis(salicyloyl)hydrazine, N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenylpropionyl)hydrazine, 3-salicyloylamino-1,2,4-triazole, bis(benzylidene)oxalyl dihydrazide, oxanilide, isophthaloyl dihydrazide, sebacoyl bisphenylhydrazide, N,N′-diacetyladipoyl dihydrazide, N,N′-bis(salicyloyl)oxalyl dihydrazide, N,N′-bis(salicyloyl)thiopropionyl dihydrazide.

3. Phosphites and phosphonites, for example triphenyl phosphite, diphenylalkyl phosphites, phenyldialkyl phosphites, tris(nonylphenyl)phosphite, trilauryl phosphite, trioctadecyl phosphite, distearylpentaerythritol diphosphite, tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite, diisodecyl pentaerythritol diphosphite, bis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, bis(2,4-dicumylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, diisodecyloxypentaerythritol diphosphite, bis(2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-methylphenyl)-pentaerythritol diphosphite, bis(2,4,6-tris(tert-butylphenyl)pentaerythritol diphosphite, tristearyl sorbitol triphosphite, tetrakis(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)4,4′-biphenylene diphosphonite, 6-isooctyloxy-2,4,8,10-tetra-tert-butyl-12H-dibenz[d,g]-1,3,2-dioxaphosphocin, bis(2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-methylphenyl)methyl phosphite, bis(2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-methylphenyl)ethyl phosphite, 6-fluoro-2,4,8,10-tetra-tert-butyl-12-methyl-dibenz[d,g]-1,3,2-dioxaphosphocin, 2,2′,2″-nitrilo-[triethyltris(3,3′,5,5′-tetra-tert-butyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diyl)phosphite], 2-ethylhexyl(3,3′,5,5′-tetra-tert-butyl-1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diyl)phosphite, 5-butyl-5-ethyl-2-(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenoxy) -1,3,2-dioxaphosphirane.

The following phosphites are especially preferred: Tris(2,4-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphite (Irgafos® 168, Ciba-Geigy), tris(nonylphenyl)phosphite,

4. Hydroxylamines, for example N,N-dibenzylhydroxylamine, N,N-diethylhydroxylamine, N,N-dioctylhydroxylamine, N,N-dilaurylhydroxylamine, N,N-ditetradecylhydroxylamine, N,N-dihexadecylhydroxylamine, N,N-dioctadecylhydroxylamine, N-hexadecyl-N-octadecylhydroxylamine, N-heptadecyl-N-octadecylhydroxylamine, N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine derived from hydrogenated tallow amine.

5. Nitrones, for example N-benzyl-alpha-phenylnitrone, N-ethyl-alpha-methylnitrone, N-octyl-alpha-heptylnitrone, N-lauryl-alpha-undecylnitrone, N-tetradecyl-alpha-tridecylnitrone, N-hexadecyl-alpha-pentadecylnitrone, N-octadecyl-alpha-heptadecyinitrone, N-hexadecyl-alpha-heptadecylnitrone, N-ocatadecyl-alpha-pentadecylnitrone, N-heptadecyl-alpha-heptadecylnitrone, N-octadecyl-alpha-hexadecyinitrone, nitrone derived from N,N-dialkylhydroxylamine derived from hydrogenated tallow amine.

6. Thiosynergists, for example dilauryl thiodipropionate or distearyl thiodipropionate.

7. Peroxide scavengers, for example esters of β-thiodipropionic acid, for example the lauryl, stearyl, myristyl or tridecyl esters, mercaptobenzimidazole or the zinc salt of 2-mercaptobenzimidazole, zinc dibutyidithiocarbamate, dioctadecyl disulfide, pentaerythritol tetrakis(β-dodecylmercapto)propionate.

8. Polyamide stabilisers, for example copper salts in combination with iodides and/or phosphorus compounds and salts of divalent manganese.

9. Basic co-stabilisers, for example melamine, polyvinylpyrrolidone, dicyandiamide, triallyl cyanurate, urea derivatives, hydrazine derivatives, amines, polyamides, polyurethanes, alkali metal salts and alkaline earth metal salts of higher fatty acids, for example calcium stearate, zinc stearate, magnesium behenate, magnesium stearate, sodium ricinoleate and potassium palmitate, antimony pyrocatecholate or zinc pyrocatecholate.

10. Nucleating agents, for example inorganic substances, such as talcum, metal oxides, such as titanium dioxide or magnesium oxide, phosphates, carbonates or sulfates of, preferably, alkaline earth metals; organic compounds, such as mono- or polycarboxylic acids and the salts thereof, e.g. 4-tert-butylbenzoic acid, adipic acid, diphenylacetic acid, sodium succinate or sodium benzoate; polymeric compounds, such as ionic copolymers (ionomers). Especially preferred are 1,3:2,4-bis(3′,4′-dimethylbenzylidene)sorbitol, 1,3:2,4-di(paramethyldibenzylidene)sorbitol, and 1,3:2,4-di(benzylidene)sorbitol.

11. Fillers and reinforcing agents, for example calcium carbonate, silicates, glass fibres, glass bulbs, asbestos, talc, kaolin, mica, barium sulfate, metal oxides and hydroxides, carbon black, graphite, wood flour and flours or fibers of other natural products, synthetic fibers.

12. Other additives, for example plasticisers, lubricants, emulsifiers, pigments, rheology additives, catalysts, flow-control agents, optical brighteners, flameproofing agents, antistatic agents and blowing agents.

13. Benzofuranones and indolinones, for example those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,325,863; U.S. Pat. No. 4,338,244; U.S. Pat. No. 5,175,312; U.S. Pat. No. 5,216,052; U.S. Pat. No. 5,252,643; DE-A-4316611; DE-A-4316622; DE-A-4316876; EP-A-0589839 or EP-A-0591 102 or 3-[4-(2-acetoxyethoxy)phenyl]-5,7-di-tert-butylbenzofuran-2-one, 5,7-di-tert-butyl-3-[4-(2-stearoyloxyethoxy)phenyl]-benzofuran-2-one, 3,3′-bis[5,7-di-tert-butyl-3-(4-[2-hydroxyethoxy]phenyl)benzofuran-2-one], 5,7-di-tert-butyl-3-(4-ethoxyphenyl)benzofuran-2-one, 3-(4-acetoxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-5,7-di-tert-butylbenzofuran-2-one, 3-(3,5-dimethyl-4-pivaloyloxyphenyl)-5,7-di-tert-butylbenzofuran-2-one, 3-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-5,7-di-tert-butylbenzofuran-2-one, 3-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)-5,7-di-tert-butylbenzofuran-2-one.

Aside form the above mentioned components, coating composition of the invention may contain further additives as typically used in paints and lacquers: like slip- and leveling agents, wetting agents, pigments, pigment dispersants, defoamers, matting agents, waxes, anti skinning additives, adhesion promoters, in can stabilizers, coalescents, rheology modifiers, sag control agents and thixotropic agents.

The following examples illustrate the invention.

General

Particle size distribution is measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS, 90° scattering angle, Nicomp Model 380, Particle Sizing System, Santa Barbara, Calif., USA) and to determine the mean intensity diameter (D_(INT)).

The ultrasonic sound treatment is carried out with a SONOPLUS HD 2200 (commercial equipment from BANDELIN electronic GmbH & Co. KG, generator GM 2200 with ultrasonic converter UW 2200, booster horn SH 213 G and titanium flat tip TT19). Typically a treatment of 3 min at 60 percent power is applied for 500 ml oil/water emulsion.

Monomers are used as received without further purification.

Water-borne product forms of the following hydrophobic UV-absorbers are prepared

A PREPARATION EXAMPLES Example A1

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 20 g of compound 101 are dissolved in 20 g methyl methacrylate (MMA), 1.6 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.06 g butandioldiacrylate (BDDA). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 1.6 g sodium dodecylsulphate in 56.5 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.06 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 3 g deionised water; 0.25 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 0.5 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to room temperature (RT) and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size DINT is 141 nm. The active content of compound 101 is 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A2

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 24 g of compound 101 are dissolved in 16 g methyl methacrylate (MMA), 1.6 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.05 g butandioldiacrylate (BDDA). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 1.6 g sodium dodecylsulphate in 56.5 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.08 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 3 g deionised water; 0.32 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 0.5 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 182 nm. The active content of compound 101 is 24 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A3

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 20 g of compound 101 are dissolved in 20 g ethyl acrylate (EA), 1.6 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.06 g butandioldiacrylate (BDDA). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 1.6 g sodium dodecylsulphate in 56.5 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kineticcally stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.06 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 3 g deionised water; 0.25 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 0.5 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 156 nm. The active content of compound 101 is 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A4

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 24 g of compound 101 is dissolved in 16 g ethyl acrylate (EA), 1.6 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.05 g butandioldiacrylate (BDDA). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 1.6 g sodium dodecylsulphate in 56.5 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.08 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 3 g deionised water; 0.32 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 0.5 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 199 nm. The active content of compound 101 is 24 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A5

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 40 g of compound 101 are dissolved in 40 g methyl methacrylate (MMA), 4.8 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.12 g butandioldiacrylate (BDDA). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 10.3 g Disponil® FES 32 IS (31 wt % active, Cognis Deutschland GmbH&Co.KG) in 115 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.2 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 3 g deionised water; 0.81 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 2.0 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 170 nm. The active content of compound 101 is 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A6

The following samples were prepared with a monomer mixture (Mix I), containing 11% hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 15% vinyl toluol, 15% cyclohexyl methacrylate, 28% methyl methacrylate and 31% iso-butyl methacrylate. For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 40 g of compound 102 are dissolved in 40 g of Mix I, 3.2 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.12 g butandioldiacrylate (BDDA). The oil phase iss added dropwise to a stirred solution of 10.3 g Disponil® FES 32 IS (31 wt % active, Cognis Deutschland GmbH&Co.KG) in 110 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.2 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 5 g deionised water; 0.81 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 5.0 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 198 nm. The final active content of compound 102 is 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A7

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 40 g compound 102 are dissolved in 40 g of Mix I and 3.2 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 10.3 g Disponi®l FES 32 IS (31 wt % active, Cognis Deutschland GmbH&Co.KG) in 110 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.2 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 5 g deionised water; 0.81 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 5.0 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 198 nm. The final active content of compound 102 is 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

Example A8

For the preparation of a stable oil/water emulsion 40 g of compound 102 are dissolved in 40 g of Mix I, 3.2 g stearyl methacrylate (SMA) and 0.06 g dodecyl mercaptane (DDM). The oil phase is added dropwise to a stirred solution of 10.3 g Disponil® FES 32 IS (31 wt % active, Cognis Deutschland GmbH&Co.KG) in 110 g deionised water. After stirring for 30 min and ultrasonically converting a kinetically stable emulsion is obtained with an average droplet size below 250 nm. The emulsion is heated up to 55° C. and the redox initiator (0.2 g ascorbic acid dissolved in 5 g deionised water; 0.81 ml H₂O₂ (35%) diluted in 5.0 g deionised water) is subsequently added to the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is continuously stirred by a mechanical stirrer and is maintained at 55° C. for three hours, then cooled to RT and filtered via a 20 μm filter. The resulting particle size D_(INT) is 198 nm. The final active content of compound 102 is 20 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion.

B COATING APPLICATION EXAMPLES Example B1

Testing of Light Stabilizers in a Clear, Waterborne Penetrating Wood Coating

The test formulation is a commercial waterborne wood coating, which imparts water repellent properties to the coated wood by hydrophobic components (Woodcare QS with propiconazole from Böhme, Switzerland, ˜12% solid content). The different UV-absorber products are added to the formulation by stirring for 2 h. The fully formulated paints are evaluated for storage stability at room temperature in closed bottles by rating the homogeneity of the formulation after different time intervals (see Table 1). In addition, the non-aged paints are applied on fir wood panels (one coat with a brush) and tested in accelerated weathering equipment (QUV tester from Q Panel Company: UV-A 340 nm fluorescent lamps; test cycle: 5 h light 58° C., 1 h dark water spray 22° C.). TABLE 1 Storage tests and weathering results colour change of coated fir wood panels after QUV accelerated weathering; ΔE versus % LS storage stability unexposed sample (product form on total after after after after after after No. formulation) 48 h 16 weeks 200 h 400 h 800 h 1000 h C1 no LS slight slight 18.5 — — — separation separation e.t.h.* C2 2% LIGNOSTAB 1198 strong strong 5.6 8.2 — — 2% Tinuvin 1130 separation separation e.t.h.* 1 2% LIGNOSTAB 1198 slight strong 1.4 4.7 7.8 — 5% product of example separation separation A5 (20% active UVA) e.t.h.* 2 2% LIGNOSTAB 1198 slight strong 2.5 1.6 6.2 6.9 10% product of separation separation example A5 (20% e.t.h.* active UVA) *e.t.h.: easy to homogenize; these formulations could be easily re-homogenized by simple shaking or stirring. C1 and C2 are comparative Weathering performance is rated according to colour change ΔE* (Din 6174) measured with a spectrophotometer versus the corresponding initial unexposed sample. ΔE* measurement is stopped, when wood graying starts due to lignin degradation.

LIGNOSTAB® 1198 is a commercial sterically hindered amine from Ciba Specialty Chemicals, which is used to prevent lignin degradation in conjunction with UV absorbers.

Tinuvin® 1130 is a commercial UV-absorber from Ciba Specialty Chemicals.

Example B2

Testing of Light Stabilizers in a Clear, Waterborne Film Forming Wood Coating

As test formulation a clear waterborne wood coating based on an acrylic dispersion with the following composition is used (solid content approximately 43% by weight): Neocryl ® XK 90 (from NeoResins) 91.2 parts  Water 4.7 parts Ethyldiglykol 3.4 parts Borchigel ® L75 N (from Borchers)/Water (1/1) 0.4 parts Dehydran ® 1293 (from Cognis) 0.3 parts Total: 100.0 parts  

The additives given in Table 2 are added to the formulation under stirring for 2 h. The formulations are applied by brush to fir wood panels. Totally three coats are applied with a drying time of one day between each coat (approximately 100 g/m² per coat). The fully formulated paints are evaluated for storage stability at room temperature in closed bottles by rating the homogeneity of the formulation after different time intervals The coated wood panels are tested in accelerated weathering equipment (QUV tester from Q Panel Company: UV-A 340 nm fluorescent lamps; test cycle: 5 h light 58° C., 1 h dark water spray 22° C.). Weathering performance is rated by wood color change compared to the initial color (before exposure) and by start of crack formation with the mean of a microscope. TABLE 2 Storage tests and accelerated weathering results in a clear, film forming acrylic wood coating colour change of coated fir storage wood panels after QUV % LS (product stability accelerated weathering; ΔE first form on after versus unexposed sample cracking No solid content) 6 month After 400 h After 800 h after C1 no LS ok 27.3 27.1   2000 h C2  2% Tin 1130 ok 19.0 23.0   2000 h 1 10% product of separation 14.9 18.4 >2800 h example A1 e.t.h.* (20% UVA) 2 10% product of separation 14.3 17.2   1600 h example A2 e.t.h.* (24% UVA) 3 10% product of separation 15.2 19.0 >2800 h example A3 e.t.h.* (20% UVA) 4 10% product of separation 14.8 19.7 >2800 h example A4 e.t.h.* (24% UVA) *e.t.h.: easy to homogenize - these formulations can be easily re-homogenized by simple shaking or stirring. C1 and C2 are comparative.

The results in table 2 demonstrate that the product forms according to the invention show good compatibility and formulation stability combined with in most cases significantly improved weathering performance (prolonged durability).

Example B3

Testing of Light Stabilizers in a Waterborne, Slightly Pigmented Penetrating Wood Coating

As coating system a commercially available product from Behr (USA) (Deckplus wood-toned waterproofing wood finish, natural clear) is used. The different UV-absorber products are added to the formulation by stirring for 2 h. The formulations are applied on fir wood panels (one coat) and tested in accelerated weathering equipment (QUV tester from Q Panel Company: UV-A 340 nm fluorescent lamps; test cycle: 5 h light 58° C., 1 h dark water spray 22° C.). Weathering performance is rated visually by extent of wood graying due to lignin degradation. LIGNOSTAB 1198 is additionally used to improve wood stabilization. The tested products did not show any negative influence on storage stability of the formulation. TABLE 3 Wood graying of Deckplus wood-toned waterproofing wood finish from Behr (solid content around 20%) upon accelerated weathering exposure Rating of % LS wood greying (product form on total after after No formulation) 800 h 1200 h C1 no LS strong strong C2 1% LIGNOSTAB 1198 slight slight 1% Tin 1130 C3 1% LIGNOSTAB 1198 slight slight 2% Tin 1130 C4 1% LIGNOSTAB 1198 slight slight 3% Tin 1130 C5 1% LIGNOSTAB 1198 ok very slight 5% Tin 1130 1 1% LIGNOSTAB 1198 ok very slight 2.5% product of example A5 (20% active UVA)

The product form according to the invention shows improved durability (later start of wood graying) even at much lower treating level (weight %) of the active component in the formulation.

Example B4

Testing of Light Stabilizers in Waterborne 1p and 2p Acrylic/Isocyanate Industrial Coatings

The light stabilizer product forms of examples A6, A7 and A8 are tested in comparison to Tinuvin 1130 in a water borne 1-pack acrylic/blocked polyisocyanate and two different water borne 2-pack acrylic I polyisocyanate coating formulations.

Light stabilizers (1% Tin 292 and 2% active UVA, both based on the total binder solid content of the paint system) were added to the fully formulated paints and tested for homogeneous incorporation, shelf stability at room temperature and at 40° C., pot-life (in the case of 2p formulations) and durability (UVCON and CAM 180 exposure).

In case of the 2p formulations, shelf stability is tested in the corresponding formulations without the hardener component. Comparison is always made to the formulation without light stabilizer.

Test Series B4.1: Formulations of Light Stabilizers in Waterborne 1p Formulation (Joncryl-Binder) TABLE 4.1 3 4 5 1 2 Product of Product of Product of No LS Tin 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 Joncryl 8300¹⁾ 31.2 31.2 31.2 31.2 31.2 AMP 90 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Byk 022²⁾ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Surfynol 104 S³⁾ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 DI water 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 Joncryl 8300 47.8 47.8 47.8 47.8 47.8 Dowanol TPNB 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 Rhodocoat WT 1000⁴⁾ 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.2 Byk 022 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Tinuvin 292⁵⁾ 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Tinuvin 1130 — 0.8 — — — Product of example A6 — — 4.2 — — Product of example A7 — — — 4.2 — Product of example A8 — — — — 4.2 Total 100.4 101.2 104.6 104.6 104.6 ¹⁾Acrylic dispersion, Johnson Polymers ²⁾Defoamer, Byk ³⁾Wetting agent, Air Products ⁴⁾Hardener, Rhodia ⁵⁾HALS, Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Test Series B4.2: Formulations of Light Stabilizers in Waterborne 2p Formulation (Macrynal-Binder) TABLE 4.2 3 4 5 1 2 Product of Product of Product of No LS Tin 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 Macrynal VSM 6299w¹⁾ 87.6 87.6 87.6 87.6 87.6 Surfynol 104/BG²⁾ 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 Borchigel LW 44³⁾ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 (50% in deionised water) Bayowet FT 248⁴⁾ 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Borchigol LAC 80⁵⁾ 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 (10% in butoxyl) Deionized water 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 Tinuvin 292⁶⁾ 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Tinuvin 1130 — 1.2 — — — Product of example A6 — — 6.0 — — Product of example A7 — — — 6.0 — Product of example A8 — — — — 6.0 Total base 100.6 101.8 106.6 106.6 106.6 Rhodocoat WT 2104⁷⁾ 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 Tolonate HDT-LV2⁸⁾ 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.7 Butoxyl 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.6 Total hardener 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 Total base + hardener 133.9 135.1 139.9 139.9 139.9 ¹⁾Acrylic dispersion, Solutia ²⁾Wetting agent, Air Products ³⁾Thickener, Borchers ⁴⁾Wetting agent, Borchers ⁵⁾Slipping agent, Borchers ⁶⁾HALS, Ciba Specialty Chemicals ⁷⁾Hardener, Rhodia ⁸⁾Hardener, Rhodia

Test Series 4.3: Formulations of Light Stabilizers in Waterborne 2p Formulation (Setalux-Binder) TABLE 4.3 3 4 5 1 2 Product of Product of Product of No LS Tin 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 Setalux 6511 AQ-47¹⁾ 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.2 Tafigel PUR 60²⁾ 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Dehydran 1293³⁾ 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Surfynol 104 BG⁴⁾ 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 Byk 301⁵⁾ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Byk 348⁶⁾ 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 DI water 27.2 27.2 27.2 27.2 27.2 Setalux 6511 AQ-47 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.8 DI water 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 Tinuvin 292⁷⁾ 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Tinuvin 1130 — 1.2 — — — Product of example A6 — — 6.0 — — Product of example A7 — — — 6.0 — Product of example A8 — — — — 6.0 Total base 100.6 101.8 106.6 106.6 106.6 Rhodocoat WT 2104⁸⁾ 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 Butylacetate 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 Butylglycolacetate 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Methoxypropylacetate 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Xylene 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 Total hardener 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 Total base + hardener 133.9 135.1 139.9 139.9 139.9 ¹⁾Acrylic dispersion, Akzo Nobel Resins ²⁾Thickener, Munzig Chemie ³⁾Defoamer, Cognis ⁴⁾Wetting agent, Air Products ⁵⁾Surface tension agent, Byk ⁶⁾Wetting agent, Byk ⁷⁾HALS, Ciba Specialty Chemicals ⁸⁾Hardener, Rhodia

In all test series 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, the product forms of examples A6, A7 and A8 can be easily and uniformly incorporated into the paints by simple mixing, in the same way as the comparative example with Tin 1130. In contrast, compound 102, which is the UVA used in the product forms CG43-0365, CG43-0366 and CG43-0367 as such can not be uniformly incorporated in these formulations.

After 4 weeks of storage at room temperature as well as at 40° C. all test paints including the control without LS showed no signs of incompatibilities (i.e. no decrease or increase of viscosity greater than 20% of the initial value).

Test Series 4.4: Shelf Stability Test of Formulations 4.2, Viscosity of Formulations after 4 Weeks Storage TABLE 4.4 viscosities measured at shear rate 1000 s⁻¹ 3 4 5 1 2 Product of Product of Product of No LS Tin 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 Initial viscosity [mPas] 189 212 163 161 161 Viscosity after 4 weeks at RT 179 210 147 145 148 [mPas] Viscosity after 4 weeks at 188 204 148 160 142 40° C. [mPas]

Test Series 4.5: Shelf Stability Test of Formulations 4.3, Viscosity of Formulations after 4 Weeks Storage TABLE 4.5 viscosities measured at shear rate 1000 s⁻¹ 3 4 5 Product of Product of Product of 1 2 example example example No LS Tin 1130 A6 A6 A6 Initial viscosity [mPas] 9.5 10.6 9.4 9.5 9.3 Viscosity after 4 weeks at RT 9.5 10.4 9.2 9.1 9.2 [mPas] Viscosity after 4 weeks at 9.4 10.2 9.3 9.1 9.1 40° C. [mPas]

The paint formulations (without hardener) show no significant viscosity increase on storage (see table 4.4 and 4.5). This demonstrates that the new product forms do not impair the shelf stability of such 2p paint formulations.

Test Series 4.6: Appearance of the Paint Film According to Formulations 4.3.

The general features of the appearance of the cured clear coat in terms of “Distinction Of Image, short and long wavelength” are not altered in the presence of the UVA product forms according to examples A6, A8 and A8. TABLE 4.6 DFT˜40-45 μm 3 4 5 1 Product of Product of Product of No 2 example example example LS Tin 1130 A6 A7 A8 DOI 93.6 93.4 93.5 93.9 93.5 short 9.2 9.6 8.0 8.6 7.4 wavelength value long 4.3 4.9 4.3 4.6 4.2 wavelength value

Test Series 4.7: UVCON Durability Test of Formulation Series 4.2 TABLE 4.7a DFT˜40-45 μm, variation of ΔE* upon UVCON exposure 3 4 5 1 Product of Product of Product of No 2 example example example LS Tin 1130 A6 A7 A8  500 h UVCON 21.2 8.2 1.7 1.7 1.8 1000 h UVCON 24.5 8.5 2.0 2.0 1.8 1500 h UVCON 25.0 10.4 3.3 3.3 2.8

TABLE 4.7b DFT˜40-45 μm, variation of 60° gloss upon UVCON exposure 3 4 5 1 Product of Product of Product of No 2 example example example LS Tin 1130 A6 A7 A8 Initial 92 92 91 91 91  500 h UVCON 91 92 89 90 90 1000 h UVCON 92 92 91 92 91 1500 h UVCON 81 91 88 91 88

TABLE 4.7c DFT ˜40-45 μm, variation of ΔE* upon CAM 180 exposure 1 2 3 4 5 No Tin Product of Product of Product of LS 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 500 h CAM 180 2.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 1000 h CAM 180 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 1500 h CAM 180 2.9 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 2000 h CAM 180 3.1 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2

TABLE 4.7d DFT ˜40-45 μm, variation of 60° gloss upon CAM 180 exposure 1 2 3 4 5 No Tin Product of Product of Product of LS 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 initial 92 92 90 92 89 500 h CAM 180 92 92 91 92 91 1000 h CAM 180 92 92 91 92 90 1500 h CAM 180 90 92 90 91 89 2000 h CAM 180 89 90 89 90 89

Test series 4.8: UVCON Durability Test of Formulation Series 4.3. TABLE 4.8a DFT ˜40-45 μm, variation of ΔE* upon UVCON exposure 3 4 5 1 2 Product of Product of Product of No Tin example example example LS 1130 A6 A7 A8 500 h UVCON 22.0 9.5 3.2 2.8 2.7 1000 h UVCON 27.8 9.9 4.7 5.0 5.1 1500 h UVCON 31.6 11.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 2000 h UVCON 28.8 16.3 6.6 6.9 9.0

TABLE 4.8b DFT ˜40-45 μm, variation of 60° gloss upon UVCON exposure 1 2 3 4 5 No Tin Product of Product of Product of LS 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 Initial 95 96 96 96 95 500 h UVCON 85 96 96 96 94 1000 h UVCON 83 92 91 92 91 1500 h UVCON 75 94 94 94 94 2000 h UVCON 72 96 88 91 94

TABLE 4.8c DFT ˜40-45 μm, variation of ΔE* upon CAM 180 exposure 1 2 3 4 5 No Tin Product of Product of Product of LS 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 500 h CAM 180 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 1000 h CAM 180 2.4 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.3 1500 h CAM 180 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 2000 h CAM 180 1.8 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.6

TABLE 4.8d DFT ˜40-45 μm, variation of 60° gloss upon CAM 180 exposure 1 2 3 4 5 No Tin Product of Product of Product of LS 1130 example A6 example A7 example A8 initial 95 96 96 96 94 500 h CAM 180 96 96 96 96 92 1000 h CAM 180 95 96 95 96 95 1500 h CAM 180 88 96 95 96 95 2000 h CAM 180 91 96 95 95 94

In comparison to the non-stabilized sample and to Tinuvin® 1130 (Tin 1130), the increase of ΔE* upon accelerated exposure is significantly reduced when using the products of examples A6, A7 and A8. Also gloss retention is improved when the paints are stabilized with the product forms according to the instant invention.

C INK JET APPLICATION EXAMPLES Example C1

A gelatin coat of following composition Component: Amount (per m²) Gelatin 1200 mg Wetting agent 100 mg Product of example 1 300 mg (active) is applied over cyan, magenta and yellow step images made on swellable and nanoporous ink jet photo papers using HP 970Cxi, Lexmark Z65, Canon BJC 8200 and Epson Stylus 890 ink jet printers. After drying of the top coat, the overcoated prints are irradiated in an Atlas Ci-35 weathering device and checked for light resistance relative to prints protected by a control coating (no UV absorber). The overcoat containing CGL 362 clearly prevent photo fade of the prints in comparison to the control coating, independent of the ink system or print medium.

D PHOTOARAPHIC EXAMPLES Example D1

Incorporation into a Gelatin Layer and Action as UV Absorber

A gelatin coat of the following composition (per m²) is applied in the customary manner to a polyester base. The polymer dispersion of example A1 is incorporated into the gelatin casting solution under gentle mixing (no emulsification step is required) Component: Amount (per m²) Gelatin 1200 mg Hardener 40 mg Wetting agent 100 mg Product of example A1 320 mg (active)

The hardener is potassium salt of 2-hydroxy-4,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine. The wetting agent is sodium 4,8-diisobutylnaphthalene-2-sulfonate.

The gelatin coat is dried at 20° C. for 2 days.

A transparent UV absorbing layer is obtained which is suitable for a photographic recording material, for example as a UV filter coat.

The UV absorption spectrum of the layer is recorded using a Perkin Elmer Lambda 15 spectrophotometer. The wavelength of maximum absorption (λ_(max)) as well as the optical density at λ_(max) (OD_(max)) are reported in the table below. UV absorber λ_(max) OD_(max) CGL 362 355 nm 1.23

Example D2

A polyethylene-coated base material is coated with a gelatin coat comprising silver bromide and magenta coupler (M-9) of the formula

The gelatin coat includes the following components (per m² of base material): Component AgBr coat Gelatin 5.15 g Hardener 300 mg Wetting agent 85 mg Silver bromide 260 mg Magenta coupler 325 mg Tricresyl phosphate 162 mg

The hardener used is the potassium salt of 2,4-dichloro-6-hydroxytriazine; the wetting agent used is the sodium salt of diisobutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid.

Step wedges having a density difference of 0.3 log E per step are exposed onto the resulting sample, which is then processed in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in the P94 processing process of Agfa Gevaert for colour negative papers.

After exposure and processing, the density of reflectance in the green region is measured at a density of between 0.9 and 1.1 of the wedge.

A gelatin layer comprising the product of example A1 is prepared on transparent base material as described in Example 1. A control layer without UV absorber is prepared in the same manner.

Magenta step wedges are subsequently exposed behind the layer containing the product of example A1 and the control layer in an Atlas exposure instrument at 15 kJ/cm² and the reflectance density is measured again. The magenta dye density loss (−ΔD) is greatly reduced by the CGL 362 layer in comparison with the control layer.

Example D3

A photographic material having the following layer structure is produced: top layer red-sensitive layer second gelatine interlayer green-sensitive layer first gelatine interlayer blue-sensitive layer polyethylene base

The gelatin layers consist of the following components (per m² of base material):

Blue-Sensitive Layer

-   α-(3-benzyl-4-ethoxyhydantoin-1-yl)-α-pivaloyl-2-chloro-5-[α-(2,4-ditamylphenoxy)butanamido]acetanilide     (400 mg) -   α-(1-butylphenylurazol-4-yl)-α-pivaloyl-5-(3-dodecanesulfonyl-2-methylpropanamido)-2-methoxyacetamide     (400 mg) -   Dibutyl phthalate (130 mg) -   Dinonyl phthalate (130 mg) -   Gelatin (1200 mg) -   1,5-Dioxa-3-ethyl-3-[β-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyloxymethyl]-8,10-diphenyl-9-thia[5.5]spiroundecane     (150 mg)     bis(1-acryloyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)2,2-bis(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)malonate     (150 mg) -   3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy(2,4-di-t-amylphenyl)benzoate (150 mg) -   poly(N-t-butylacrylamide) (50 mg) -   blue-sensitive silver chlorobromide emulsion (240 mg)     First Gelatin Interlayer -   gelatin (1000 mg) -   2,5-di-t-octylhydroquinone (100 mg) -   hexyl     5-[2,5-dihydroxy-4-(4-hexyloxycarbonyl-1,1-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-5-methylhexanoate     (100 mg) -   dibutyl phthalate (200 mg) -   diisodecyl phthalate (200 mg)     Green-Sensitive Layer -   7-chloro-2-{2-[2-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)octanamido]-1-methylethyl}-6-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazole     (100 mg) -   6-t-butyl-7-chloro-3-(3-dodecanesulfonylpropyl)-1H-pyrazolo[5,1-o][1,2,4]triazole     (100 mg) -   dibutyl phthalate (100 mg) -   dicresyl phosphate (100 mg) -   trioctyl phosphate (100 mg) -   gelatin (1400 mg) -   3,3,3′,3′-tetramethyl-5,5′,6,6′-tetrapropoxy-1,1′-spirobiindane (100     mg) -   4-(i-tridecyloxyphenyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (100 mg) -   4,4′-butylidenebis(3-methyl-6-t-butylphenol) (50 mg) -   2,2′-isobutylidenebis(4,6-dimethylphenol) (10 mg) -   3,5dichloro-4-(hexadecyloxycarbonyloxy)ethylbenzoate (20 mg) -   3,5-bis[3-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)propylcarbamoyl]sodium     benzenesulfinate (20 mg) green-sensitive silver chlorobromide     emulsion (150 mg)     Second Gelatin Interlayer -   gelatin (1000 mg) -   5-chloro-2-(3,5-di-t-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)benzo-1,2,3-triazole (200     mg) -   2-(3-dodecyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)benzo-1,2,3-triazole (200 mg)     trinonyl phosphate (300 mg) -   2,5-di-t-octylhydroquinone (50 mg) -   hexyl     5-[2,5-dihydroxy-4-(4-hexyloxycarbonyl-1,1-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-5-methylhexanoate     (50 mg)     Red-Sensitive Layer -   2-[α-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)butanamido]-4,6-di-chloro-5-ethylphenol     (150 mg) -   2,4dichloro-3-ethyl-6-hexadecanamidophenol (150 mg) -   4-chloro-2-(1,2,3,4,5-pentafluorobenzamido)-5-[2-(2,4-di-t-amylphenoxy)-3-methylbutanamido]phenol     (100 mg) -   dioctyl phthalate (100 mg) -   dicyclohexyl phthalate (100 mg) -   gelatin (1200 mg) -   5-chloro-2-(3,5-di-t-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)benzo-1,2,3-triazole (100     mg) -   2-(3-dodecyl-2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)benzo-1,2,3-triazole (100 mg) -   3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy(2,4-di-t-amylphenyl)benzoate (50 mg)     poly(N-t-butylacrylamide) (300 mg) -   N,N-diethyl-2,4-di-t-amylphenoxyacetamide (100 mg) -   2,5-di-t-octylhydroquinone (50 mg) -   red-sensitive silver chlorobromide emulsion (200 mg)

The topmost layer is prepared with and without UV absorber;

with UV absorber:

-   2,5-di-t-octylhydroquinone (20 mg) -   hexyl     5-[2,5-dihydroxy-4-(4-hexyloxycarbonyl-1,1-dimethylbutyl)phenyl]-5-methylhexanoate     (20 mg) -   gelatin (400 mg) -   trinonyl phosphate (120 mg) -   UV absorber: product of example A1 (385 mg active)     without UV absorber: -   gelatin (800 mg)

The hardener used is 2,4dichloro-6-hydroxytriazine K salt solution, the wetting agent is the sodium salt of diisobutyinaphthalenesulfonic acid.

Three step wedges with a density difference of 0.3 log E per step are exposed onto each of the samples (with blue, green and red light, respectively). Then the processing process RA-4 (Kodak) for colour papers is carried out.

After exposure and processing, the reflectance densities in the red for the cyan step, in the green for the magenta step and in the blue for the yellow step are measured at a density of between 0.9 and 1.1 of the wedges. The wedges are then exposed in an Atlas exposure instrument at a total of 15 kJ/cm², and the reflectance densities are measured again.

In the case of the magenta wedge as well, the reflectance density before and after exposure is measured in the blue for the yellowing.

The presence of the product of example A1 reduces the dye density loss of the cyan, magenta and yellow image dye. 

1. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion with an average particle size of less than 1000 nm comprising a) a polymer carrier prepared by heterophase radical polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of b) a non-polar organic light stabilizer, wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer to polymer carrier is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer per 100 parts of carrier.
 2. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 1 comprising additionally a non-ionic, cationic or anionic surfactant.
 3. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer to polymer carrier is equal or greater than 80 parts per 100 parts.
 4. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 1 wherein the average particle size is less than 500 nm.
 5. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 1 wherein the non-polar organic light stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyphenyl benzotriazol UV-absorber, a hydroxyphenyl triazine UV-absorber, a hydroxybenzophenone UV-absorber, an oxalic anilide UV-absorber and a sterically hindered amine light stabilizer or mixtures thereof.
 6. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 1 wherein the non-polar organic light stabilizer has a water solubility of less than 1% by weight at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
 7. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 1 wherein the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of C₁-C₁₈acrylates, C₁-C₁₈methacrylates, acrylic acid, (meth)acrylic acid, styrene, vinyltoluene, hydroxy-functional acrylates or (meth)acrylates, acrylates or (meth)acrylates derived from alkoxylated alcohols and multifunctional acrylates or (meth)acrylates or mixtures thereof.
 8. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 5 wherein the hydroxybenzophenone is of formula I

the 2-hydroxyphenylbenzotriazole is of formula IIa, IIb or IIc

the 2-hydroxyphenyltriazine is of formula III

and the oxanilide is of formula (IV)

in the compounds of the formula (I) v is an integer from 1 to 3 and w is 1 or 2 and the substituents Z independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl or alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; in the compounds of the formula (IIa), R₁ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, cycloalkyl having 5 to 8 carbon atoms or a radical of the formula

R₄ and R₅ independently of one another are alkyl having in each case 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or R₄, together with the radical C_(n)H_(2n+1−m), forms a cycloalkyl radical having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, m is 1 or 2, n is an integer from 2 to 20 and M is a radical of the formula —COOR₆ in which R₆ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having in each case 1 to 20 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and in the alkoxy moiety or phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, R₂ is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and R₃ is hydrogen, chlorine, alkyl or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms or —COOR₆ in which R₆ is as defined above, at least one of the radicals R₁ and R₂ being other than hydrogen; in the compounds of the formula (IIb) T is hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, T₁ is hydrogen, chlorine or alkyl or alkoxy having in each case 1 to 4 carbon atoms, n is 1 or 2 and, if n is 1, T₂ is chlorine or a radical of the formula —OT₃ or

if n is 2, T₂ is a radical of the formula

in which T₃ is hydrogen, alkyl which has 1 to 18 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by 1 to 3 hydroxyl groups or by —OCOT₆, alkyl which has 3 to 18 carbon atoms, is interrupted once or several times by —O— or —NT₆- and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or —OCOT₆, cycloalkyl which has 5 to 12 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl and/or alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl which has 2 to 18 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, or a radical of the formula —CH₂CH(OH)-T₇

T₄ and T₅ independently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkyl which has 3 to 18 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O— or —NT₆-, cycloalkyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety or hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, T₆ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, T₇ is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, or —CH₂OT₈, T₈ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl having 5 to 10 carbon atoms, phenyl, phenyl which is substituted by alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or phenylalkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, T₉ is alkylene having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, alkenylene having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, alkynylene having 4 carbon atoms, cyclohexylene, alkylene which has 2 to 8 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O—, or a radical of the formula —CH₂CH(OH)CH₂OT₁₁OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂— or —CH₂—C(CH₂OH)₂—CH₂—, T₁₀ is alkylene which has 2 to 20 carbon atoms and can be interrupted once or several times by —O—, or cyclohexylene, T₁₁ is alkylene having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, alkylene which has 2 to 18 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by —O—, 1,3-cyclohexylene, 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,3-phenylene or 1,4-phenylene, or T₁₀ and T₆, together with the two nitrogen atoms, are a piperazine ring; in the compounds of formula (IIc) R′₂ is C₁-C₁₂alkyl and k is a number from 1 to 4; in the compounds of the formula (III) u is 1 or 2 and r is an integer from 1 to 3, the substituents Y₁ independently of one another are hydrogen, hydroxyl, phenyl or halogen, halogenomethyl, alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 18 carbon atoms which is substituted by a group —COO(C₁-C₁₈alkyl); if u is 1, Y₂ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, halogen, alkyl or alkoxy having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; alkyl which has 1 to 12 carbon atoms and is substituted by —COOH, —COOY₈, —CONH₂, —CONHY₉, —CONY₉Y₁₀, —NH₂, —NHY₉, —NY₉Y₁₀, —NHCOY₁₁, —CN and/or —OCOY₁₁; alkyl which has 4 to 20 carbon atoms, is interrupted by one or more oxygen atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 6 carbon atoms, glycidyl, cyclohexyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and/or —OCOY₁₁, phenylalkyl which has 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl, chlorine and/or methyl, —COY₁₂ or —SO₂Y₁₃, or, if u is 2, Y₂ is alkylene having 2 to 16 carbon atoms, alkenylene having 4 to 12 carbon atoms, xylylene, alkylene which has 3 to 20 carbon atoms, is interrupted by one or more —O— atoms and/or is substituted by hydroxyl, —CH₂CH(OH)CH₂—O—Y₁₅—OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂, —CO—Y₁₆—CO—, —CO—NH—Y₁₇—NH—CO— or —(CH₂)_(m)—CO₂—Y₁₈—OCO—(CH₂)_(m), in which m is 1, 2 or 3, Y₈ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, alkyl which has 3 to 20 carbon atoms, is interrupted by one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms or —NT₆- and/or is substituted by hydroxyl, alkyl which has 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is substituted by —P(O)(OY₁₄)₂, —NY₉Y₁₀ or —OCOY₁₁ and/or hydroxyl, alkenyl having 3 to 18 carbon atoms, glycidyl, or phenylalkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, Y₉ and Y₁₀ independently of one another are alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, dialkylaminoalkyl having 4 to 16 carbon atoms or cyclohexyl having 5 to 12 carbon atoms, or Y₉ and Y₁₀ together are alkylene, oxaalkylene or azaalkylene having in each case 3 to 9 carbon atoms, Y₁₁ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or phenyl, Y₁₂ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, phenoxy, alkylamino having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or phenylamino, Y₁₃ is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl or alkylphenyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkyl radical, Y₁₄ is alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or phenyl, Y₁₅ is alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, phenylene or a group -phenylene-M-phenylene- in which M is —O—, —S—, —SO₂—, —CH₂— or —C(CH₃)₂—, Y₁₆ is alkylene, oxaalkylene or thiaalkylene having in each case 2 to 10 carbon atoms, phenylene or alkenylene having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, Y₁₇ is alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, phenylene or alkylphenylene having 1 to 11 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, and Y₁₈ is alkylene having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or alkylene which has 4 to 20 carbon atoms and is interrupted once or several times by oxygen; in the compounds of the formula (IV) x is an integer from 1 to 3 and the substituents L independently of one another are hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy or alkylthio having in each case 1 to 22 carbon atoms, phenoxy or phenylthio.
 9. A concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim 5 wherein the sterically hindered amine is selected from the group consisting of bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate, bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)succinate, bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate, bis(1-octyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)sebacate, bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)n-butyl-3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzylmalonate, the condensate of 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-hydroxypiperidine and succinic acid, linear or cyclic condensates of N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine and 4-tert-octylamino-2,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine, tris(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)nitrilotriacetate, tetrakis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-1,2,3,4-butane-tetracarboxylate, 1,1′-(1,2-ethanediyl)-bis(3,3,5,5-tetramethylpiperazinone), 4-benzoyl-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, 4-stearyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidyl)-2-n-butyl-2-(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylbenzyl)malonate, 3-n-octyl-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-2,4-dione, bis(1-octyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl)succinate, linear or cyclic condensates of N,N′-bis-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine and 4-morpholino-2,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine, the condensate of 2-chloro-4,6-bis(4-n-butylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidyl)-1,3,5-triazine and 1,2-bis(3-aminopropylamino)ethane, the condensate of 2-chloro-4,6-di-(4-n-butylamino-1,2,2,6,6-pentamethylpiperidyl)-1,3,5-triazine and 1,2-bis-(3-aminopropylamino)ethane, 8-acetyl-3-dodecyl-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1,3,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decane-2,4-dione, 3-dodecyl-1-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)pyrrolidin-2,5-dione, 3-dodecyl-1-(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)pyrrolidine-2,5-dione, a mixture of 4-hexadecyloxy- and 4-stearyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, a condensation product of N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine and 4-cyclohexylamino-2,6-dichloro-1,3,5-triazine, a condensation product of 1,2-bis(3-aminopropylamino)ethane and 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine as well as 4-butylamino-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine; N-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-n-dodecylsuccinimide, N-(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl)-n-dodecylsuccinimide, 2-undecyl-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1-oxa-3,8-diaza-4-oxo-spiro[4,5]decane, a reaction product of 7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-2-cycloundecyl-1-oxa-3,8-diaza-4-oxo-spiro[4,5]decane und epichlorohydrin, 1,1-bis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyloxycarbonyl)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethene, N,N′-bis-formyl-N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)hexamethylenediamine, diester of 4-methoxy-methylene-malonic acid with 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-hydroxypiperidine, poly[methylpropyl-3-oxy-4-(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)]siloxane and reaction product of maleic acid anhydride-α-olefin-copolymer with 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-aminopiperidine, 1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-aminopiperidine, 2,4-bis[N-(1-cyclohexyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-4-yl)-N-butyl-amino]-6-(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-1,3,5-triazine, 1-(2-Hydroxy-2-methylpropoxy)-4-octadecanoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine, 5-(2-ethylhexanoyl)oxymethyl-3,3,5-trimethyl-2-morpholinone or a compound

in which n is from 1 to
 15. 10. A process for the preparation of a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion with an average particle size of less than 1000 nm comprising the step of polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of a non-polar organic light stabilizer by heterophase radical polymerization; wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer to polymer carrier formed from the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer per 100 parts of polymer carrier.
 11. A process according to claim 10 comprising the steps of a) dissolving, emulsifying or dispersing a non-polar organic light stabilizer in at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; b) preparing a conventional oil in water emulsion of said light stabilizer dissolved, emulsified or dispersed in at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; c) homogenizing the conventional emulsion to a miniemulsion wherein the droplets of the organic phase have an average diameter below 1000 nm; d) polymerizing the miniemulsion by adding a polymerization initiator; wherein the weight ratio of non-polar organic light stabilizer to polymer carrier formed from the ethylenically unsaturated monomer is greater than 50 parts of light stabilizer per 100 parts of polymer carrier.
 12. A polymer powder obtainable by vaporizing the volatile components of the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim
 1. 13. A composition stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation which comprises, (a) an organic material susceptible to thermal, oxidative or light induced degradation, and (b) a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim
 1. 14. °A composition according to claim 13 wherein the amount of component b) is from 0.1 to 40% by weight based on the weight of the solid content of component a).
 15. A composition according to claim 13 wherein the organic material is a recording material.
 16. A composition according to claim 15 wherein the recording material is a photographic material or an ink jet material.
 17. A composition according to claim 15 wherein the recording material is a printed material containing the concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion in an overprint varnish.
 18. A composition according to claim 13 wherein the organic material (a) is an adhesive, an aqueous emulsion of a natural or synthetic rubber, a water based ink or a water based coating.
 19. (canceled)
 20. A powder coating composition stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation comprising a) a solid binder material; and b) a polymer powder according to claim
 12. 21. A composition stabilized against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation comprising a) a thermoplastic polymer and b) a polymer powder according to claim
 12. 22. A method of stabilizing an organic material susceptible to thermal, oxidative or light induced degradation, which comprises incorporating therein a stabilizingly effective amount of a concentrated aqueous polymer dispersion according to claim
 1. 23. A method of stabilizing a powder coating against thermal, oxidative or light-induced degradation, which comprises incorporating therein a stabilizingly effective amount of a polymer powder according to claim
 12. 